Jamarcus Russell Salary Calculator

[DrDawkinstein]

"Between the time he was drafted and cut, the Raiders paid JaMarcus Russell more than $38 million. We broke down his payout for key statistical categories during his tenure to translate his earnings.

 

To find out how long it took JaMarcus Russell to earn your wages,enter your annual salary here..."

 

http://espn.go.com/espn/thelife/salary/ind...hleteId=5142920

 

especially funny since it is ESPN doing this.

 

what's not funny is that I will need to work for 214 years, just to make his annual salary.

[bartshan-83]

 

Great find!

 

700K per touchdown. Well done, JaMarcus.

[KD in CA]

Wow...it's even worse looking at Ryan Howard. He makes more than me for each RBI.

[DrDawkinstein]

Wow...it's even worse looking at Ryan Howard. He makes more than me for each RBI.

 

at least Howard is kind of "earning" it. Russell just sat back and collected.

[KD in CA]

at least Howard is kind of "earning" it. Russell just sat back and collected.

 

 

True. To drive that point home, ESPN should have used more appropriate measures besides 'games', 'touchdowns', etc. to calculate Russell's 'earnings'.

 

For instance, they could have calcuated:

 

--$ per pound gained since he was in college.

--$ per wide open receiver that he missed

--$ per page of the play book that he never read

[DrDawkinstein]

True. To drive that point home, ESPN should have used more appropriate measures besides 'games', 'touchdowns', etc. to calculate Russell's 'earnings'.

 

For instance, they could have calcuated:

 

--$ per pound gained since he was in college.

--$ per wide open receiver that he missed

--$ per page of the play book that he never read

 

hahahahaha, well played

[lets_go_bills]

That is hilarious.

 

I too am shocked espn would run this. Seems more up PFT's alley. Hilarious nonetheless.

[BuffaloBill]

This is why I really believe there should be a rookie pay scale - period. get paid once you prove you can play.

[silvermike]

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Awesome avatar.