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Winning a Super Bowl in the state of California actually cost Sam Darnold 70k.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:07 pm
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:07 pm
Thanks Gavin.
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/sam-darnold-pay-hefty-california-061934079.html
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/sam-darnold-pay-hefty-california-061934079.html
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According to Sportico reporter Kurt Badenhausen, the Golden State's notorious "jock tax" means Darnold will fork over more in taxes than he receives in his Super Bowl winner's bonus.
"California has the highest income tax of any state, and the Super Bowl means 8 'duty days' in CA. Taxes hit your annual comp," Badenhausen posted. "Super Bowl winner bonus from NFL: $178K/player. Sam Darnold's estimated CA taxes: $249K."
Per this terrible math, Darnold receives $178,000 for winning the Super Bowl but owes California an estimated $249,000 in state income tax for his time in the state. It is a $71,000 net loss for helping the Seahawks to win the NFL final.
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Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:08 pm to BoomerandSooner
He should just not pay it. frick California.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:11 pm to Saint Alfonzo
It really is going to be interesting to see what happens to California as their population continues to shrink.
The people with brains are getting out and most white liberals aren’t having many, if any kids.
The people with brains are getting out and most white liberals aren’t having many, if any kids.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:13 pm to BoomerandSooner
Imagine getting drafted by a California or NY team.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:16 pm to Saint Alfonzo
Darnold a legal resident of California? If not , he doesn't practice his profession full time as a resident in the State of California. California tried this bs with Airline Pilots that were non residents, merely making legs thru California commercial airports. Federal Court declared it illegal
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:21 pm to BoomerandSooner
No he won’t. People have no idea how the tax system works.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:22 pm to OchoDedos
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Darnold a legal resident of California? If not , he doesn't practice his profession full time as a resident in the State of California.
Interesting. What constitutes “full time?”
Is it a percentage of your total hours or something?
Cause if its 100% percent of your time, I’m sure there’s creative ways to work “out of state” on paper (or legitimately) to try and avoid this bullshite
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:23 pm to BoomerandSooner
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:25 pm to The Pickwick
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No he won’t. People have no idea how the tax system works.
More leftist lies. The math is right there in the OP.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:26 pm to Laugh More
I was hoping an accountant with some experience with this would chime in on one of the threads, there's been multiple.
There's no way the CPA's don't have good ways of reducing this. I would also think the pro sports would have better ways to handle this.
Its never as simple as 1/20 games in California so 1/20th is taxed. Someone said 8/365 days. But I've never heard of someone being taxed for a "day" of work and he's not working all 8 days really. Not to mention he certainly isn't working all 365 days of the year.
There's no way the CPA's don't have good ways of reducing this. I would also think the pro sports would have better ways to handle this.
Its never as simple as 1/20 games in California so 1/20th is taxed. Someone said 8/365 days. But I've never heard of someone being taxed for a "day" of work and he's not working all 8 days really. Not to mention he certainly isn't working all 365 days of the year.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:28 pm to BarnHater
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The math is right there in the OP.
And the OP is not correct. Sure he MAY have to pay it up front but if his tax guy has half a brian he will get it back.
For people to believe this is crazy
This post was edited on 2/9/26 at 2:30 pm
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:33 pm to BoomerandSooner
Good thing Darnold has enough money to not hire a broke-dick accountant who would tell him he has to pay this.
He doesn't owe a dime to CA in taxes at all. Does anyone here understand how this works? Doesn't seem like it.
He doesn't owe a dime to CA in taxes at all. Does anyone here understand how this works? Doesn't seem like it.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:37 pm to BoomerandSooner
this is actually not true, its only on the money made in CA.
"What that means here is that the winning team, their take-home pay will be approximately $86,000. If you're on the losing side, the take-home would be about $49,800,"
"What that means here is that the winning team, their take-home pay will be approximately $86,000. If you're on the losing side, the take-home would be about $49,800,"
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:38 pm to The Pickwick
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For people to believe this is crazy
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:38 pm to theballguy
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He doesn't owe a dime to CA in taxes at all. Does anyone here understand how this works? Doesn't seem like it.
He absolutely does, all professional players do
Google the "jock tax"
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:41 pm to OchoDedos
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Darnold a legal resident of California? If not , he doesn't practice his profession full time as a resident in the State of California. California tried this bs with Airline Pilots that were non residents, merely making legs thru California commercial airports. Federal Court declared it illegal
I don’t think that it works like this. I believe athletes do pay state taxes for each state in which they play games.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:43 pm to theballguy
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He doesn't owe a dime to CA in taxes at all. Does anyone here understand how this works? Doesn't seem like it.
I believe that you’re wrong.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:43 pm to BoomerandSooner
California currently has the highest top marginal income tax rate in the U.S. at 13.3%. In addition, a 1.3% disability insurance tax (instituted in 2024) applies to all wages, bringing the effective top rate for athletes to approximately 14.6%.
The tax is calculated using the "Duty Day" method:
Ratio: The number of days spent "on duty" in California (practices, games, media days, team meetings) is divided by the total number of duty days in the season.
Application: This percentage is applied to the athlete's entire annual salary, not just the bonus for the specific California game.
Super Bowl LX Impact: Players in the 2026 Super Bowl typically logged at least eight duty days in California. Because the tax applies to a portion of their multi-million dollar season salaries, some players can actually lose money by playing in the game.
The tax is calculated using the "Duty Day" method:
Ratio: The number of days spent "on duty" in California (practices, games, media days, team meetings) is divided by the total number of duty days in the season.
Application: This percentage is applied to the athlete's entire annual salary, not just the bonus for the specific California game.
Super Bowl LX Impact: Players in the 2026 Super Bowl typically logged at least eight duty days in California. Because the tax applies to a portion of their multi-million dollar season salaries, some players can actually lose money by playing in the game.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:45 pm to The Pickwick
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And the OP is not correct. Sure he MAY have to pay it up front but if his tax guy has half a brian he will get it back.
The information is correct. What a tax guy does to alleviate the amount is another issue. Not to mention that different accountants might treat this differently with different results.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:50 pm to Stidham8
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It really is going to be interesting to see what happens to California as their population continues to shrink.
The people with brains are getting out
That's another problem altogether. They're going to AZ, Boise, FL and TX and they're bringing their unchanged voting habits with them. They're not that "smart" at all when they can't see that how they vote directly led to what they got. And they're spreading to conservative states like the fires of Mordor. Ask them why California is faltering, and they'll tell you "Because of Trump's domestic policies". I've witnessed this time and time again.
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