Super Bowl 2016 Prize Money - Players Bonuses

Super Bowl 2016 Prize Money - Players Bonuses: Every Sport has some rewards for playing in it either it is as prize money or a player bonuses. Super Bowl 2016 also have prize money and player bonuses at the end of the event. This event Super Bowl is One of most watched event in US in 2014. This 2016 Super Bowl also known as Super Bowl 50 is played on 7th Feb at the Levi’s Stadium. There will be two teams playing against each other decided once the remaining games have been finished. For most of the NFL players winning a Super Bowl Vince Lombardi trophy is enough but with that trophy they also won the handsome amount of money as prize money or player bonus for being the part of the roster.

Player Bonuses:

NFL announced that each player from both the teams will get a paycheck after the Super Bowl 50. Every player from winning teams will take away $97,000 while players from losing teams will take ways $49,000. Although this is not the bigger amount for top players in NFL as they have weekly contracts with their teams as much higher as possible with Endorsement deals. Super Bowl 49 teams Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots have Avg. salary of $2.1 million a year so the winning amount is not much for them. Some young players in the roster who has the wage of $420,000 will be happy with the bonus of $97,000 or $49,000.

For most of players in the roster who plays in Super Bowl is a big thing. Not only in the Final game of the season but also players are paid the good amount in the playoffs as well. Most players are given the significant amount in the playoff as their salaries have no bearing on the postseason. There is a specific amount given in each playoff round where every player gets the same amount. Let’s have a look at the playoff salary:

Wild Card Round

• Division Winners: $24,000
• Wild Cards: $22,000

Divisional Playoff Game: $24,000
Conference Championship Game: $44,000

Super Bowl:

• Winning Team: $97,000
• Losing Team: $49,000

Every season of NFL is of 17 weeks so every player gets his salary on the weekly basis. Wild Card playoff money is less than the weekly pay of a player making the $420,000 first-year player minimum salary ($24,706 per week). Last year in 2015 Super Bowl 49, Seahawks and Patriots earned a total of $68,000 for divisional rounds and conference championship games. So they would earn a total of $165,000 a year. This is 5.1 % inc. from 2014.