How Long Does It Take Julius Peppers to Make $100,000?

by southtunnel on Aug 25, 2009 10:30 PM EDT

Here's a cool article by the Wall Street Journal on how long it takes athletes to make $100,000.

According to the latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau, it takes an average U.S. citizen a shade under four years to earn $100,000. Alex Rodriguez does it in six pitches.

Click here to read the article

So using this logic... Follow me for a sec... The NFL average snaps per game is about 126, or 63 snaps per team. Let's assume Julius Peppers sees 50 of of those snaps (it's probably slightly lower, which would actually inflate these numbers). With his 16.7Mil salary, he makes about 1 mil per game. That means he makes about $20,000 per snap, or $100,000 every 5 snaps. So there you have it. Every 5 snaps Julius "Goofy Grin" Peppers makes what we on average make in 4 years.

Ya think as a society we got our priorities mixed up a bit?

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that's good

that’s a lot of money. one thing you didn’t mention was his performance per play. that 100 grand comes whether he gets a tackle or not. but i ain’t mad at him, because we’re gonna spend the money anyway. who deserves it more, the owners or the players?

by usana_gaines on Aug 26, 2009 8:00 AM EDT reply actions

Interesting analysis ST

$1M per game no matter what he does…I don’t know what else to say to that

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by Jaxon on Aug 26, 2009 8:53 AM EDT reply actions

I'll say something about it...

Good on Peppers. If he’s able to command that kind of money, because the Panthers need him that badly, good for him. If his salary was that untenable, I’d trust that the front office would part ways with him and go a different direction with that money. They decided it was in their best interests to spend it on Julius. This season will show us whether it was money well-spent or not…

Personally, I think that’s all that needs to be said about it. Anything else is just ripping at stuff that doesn’t matter until the season plays out.

—Neil

by NSpicer on Aug 26, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions

I say we got it mixed up

Just not the same way you think. How do we as citizens let our tax money go to building these stadiums, and then proceed to pay for the stadium again through outrageously priced merchandise, tickets, and food. All we ever hear is how great these owners are for our community. That is a joke. How much did each owner make for each signature last year. As for Peppers, let it go. Dude asked out of the organization in a more professional way than any star in the NFL has ever done. They knew what they would have to pay him and still franchised him. Its not Peps fault our management can’t sign a quality FA or draft worth a damn. Lets stop kicking a dead, innocent horse.

by Cole Train on Aug 27, 2009 11:44 AM EDT reply actions

I don't blame Peppers

Who wouldn’t take the money? I just think society(me included) got things a bit mixed up, when we have to cut teachers and police officers… yet there is millions laying around for one guy to go tackle another guy.

But I don’t understand your statement about FAs and draft picks. You don’t think DeAngelo, Beason, Stewart, Otah, Connor, Goodson, Brown and our entire o-line reserves last year(who our now starters on other teams), etc… are quality players?

on behalf of tha dirty south: soul food, carolina blue, southern hospitality, and tha queen city

by southtunnel on Aug 27, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions

quality players

I think that D, Beason, and Otah are quality players. I love the way he plays but Stewart hasn’t been healthy since he was a teenager. Not sold on other guys mentioned. I just think our management has made several questionable moves and seem to be mortgaging the future each year so they won’t be fired this year. Our d-line and secondary scare the bejesus out of me. We don’t have depth anywhere except RB where we only have 1 of those guys on the field at a time. Our ratio of draft picks to quality players is not good(IMO). I can’t remember the last quality FA we signed. I hope I will be proved wrong on all accounts.

by Cole Train on Aug 28, 2009 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions

...the last quality FA we signed...

Wouldn’t those be Keydrick Vincent and Chris Harris?

by bigdavis on Aug 28, 2009 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Hmmm...

Does Mark Jones and Rhys Lloyd qualify? Together those two totally revamped our special teams.

by NSpicer on Aug 28, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions

You raise some good points southtunnel

However, at least Peppers needs to take 5 snaps to get the money. See Michael Crabtree who is complaining about getting $20 million guaranteed…….. $20 MILLION, and he hasn’t even taken an NFL snap yet.

by James Dator on Aug 27, 2009 1:02 PM EDT reply actions

I don't blame Crabtree either

If I was a rookie I would do whatever I could to get as much as possible… knowing that this is my only negotiating opportunity for the next 4-6 years, and that if I’m a bust I might not ever see this type of money again in my life.

I do question the league for not creating some type of rookie salary scale.

on behalf of tha dirty south: soul food, carolina blue, southern hospitality, and tha queen city

by southtunnel on Aug 27, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions

+1

…and that might create a schism between the veteran players and rookies within the player’s union as the collective bargaining agreement gets re-negotiated with the owners. Personally, I think they need to cap rookie salaries, as well. Reward the vets who produce for you. Stop rewarding potential and risking all that cap money on guys who may very well go bust. Put the incentives in there to award them if they DO produce in their first contract, though.

But that’s just my two-cents,
—Neil

by NSpicer on Aug 28, 2009 9:46 AM EDT up reply actions

Definitely

It works well in the NBA. And it would stop all these rookie hold outs.

on behalf of tha dirty south: soul food, carolina blue, southern hospitality, and tha queen city

by southtunnel on Aug 28, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions

+1

I’ve been for a rookie salary scale for several years. It’s dumb to throw such high salaries at unproven commodities. Then you get guys like Marvin Harrison, etc…who have to retire early because no one can pay them…JaMarcus Russell prime example, look at the money he has made for what production? The only people that benefit from the way it is besides the rookies is the agents. This is such a no brainer I don’t understand why it hasn’t already been done. Instead of cutting stadium staff and scouts, cut rookie salaries.

I blog the Carolina Panthers at www.catscratchreader.com

by Jaxon on Aug 28, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions

you'd think the owners would be all over it

Other than the rookies and their agents, who wouldn’t want this?

on behalf of tha dirty south: soul food, carolina blue, southern hospitality, and tha queen city

by southtunnel on Aug 28, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions

It also helps ensure...

…that older players make enough money to look after their continued good health after they retire…because they’ll be earning better money later in their careers than they do now. And that’s another big issue about the guys who built this league (some of whom are even in the HoF), but have all kinds of health issues and no decent insurance or coverage to care for them.

by NSpicer on Aug 29, 2009 8:34 AM EDT up reply actions