Post by shootmenow on Jan 3, 2015 7:15:04 GMT -5
But does he get a ring?
Why Jets' Percy Harvin should root for Seattle Seahawks, his former team, to win Super Bowl
Joel Corry has an informative piece over at the National Football Post about how much NFL players earn during the playoffs.
Among the neater details in the story is this one:
Percy Harvin could be rooting for the Seahawks despite getting traded to the New York Jets in the middle of the season because of the last category. He will make $70,500 if the Seahawks repeat as Super Bowl champions since he was on their roster for five games.
By "the last category," Corry is referring to something he had just listed in his story. He was explaining what players earn when their team wins in the playoffs.
For instance, win a conference championship game, and a player makes $44,000. Win the Super Bowl, and the player gets $97,000 more on top of that. Lose the Super Bowl, and he still gets $49,000, plus the $44,000 he earned from the conference title game.
But even if a player isn't on the roster at the time of the conference title game or Super Bowl, he can still benefit from his old team's success. That's where Harvin comes in. Corry explains that players get a half share of the money if one of four qualifications are met. This is the qualification that applies to Harvin:
Players who aren't on the 53-man roster at game time that spent between three and seven games on the roster (regular season or playoffs) provided they're not under contract to another team in the same conference.
Fortunately for Harvin, the Seahawks traded him out of the NFC, and into the AFC East with the Jets. So if the Seahawks win the NFC title game, Harvin will begin profiting from their success, with a half share of whatever their current players earn.
If Seattle makes the Super Bowl and loses, Harvin will get $46,500 (half of $93,000). If Seattle makes the Super Bowl and wins, Harvin will get $70,500 (half of $141,000).
So if Harvin has any Seahawks gear left, he might just be wearing it and cheering along as he watches the upcoming NFL playoffs. Seattle has a wild card weekend bye, and opens its playoff run next Saturday at home against Detroit, Carolina or Arizona. Seattle is the NFC's top seed, and thus has home-field advantage up until the Super Bowl.
Harvin didn't always have the friendliest experience in Seattle, but he has said he remains on good terms with many of his former teammates. From a personal standpoint, he would like to see his friends win it all for the second straight year. From a financial standpoint, he surely wouldn't mind it either.
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