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re: Is Joe Namath going broke?
Posted on 10/16/20 at 10:58 pm to LSU Tigerhead
Posted on 10/16/20 at 10:58 pm to LSU Tigerhead
Players in the 60s and 70s didn’t make a fortune. Most of them got jobs in the off-season
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Posted on 10/16/20 at 11:16 pm to tigerfan84
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Players in the 60s and 70s didn’t make a fortune.
You aren't kidding. Joe Namath was the 1st round overall draft pick and signed the richest pro football contract ever at that time: $427,000 over three years. Adjusted for inflation, that's about $3.5 million and just over a million a year. That's like "mediocre player just hoping to stay on a roster" pay these days, and he was the most well paid of his day.
Also, Joe Namath's net worth is in the $20 million range. He's doing commercials because they're paying him well to do them, not because he's hurting for cash.
This post was edited on 10/16/20 at 11:43 pm
Posted on 10/17/20 at 1:46 am to tigerfan84
quote:That was the only reason why they had pre-season games, so they could get back in shape for the real season.
Most of them got jobs in the off-season
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