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WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

Jalen Hurts becomes NFL's highest paid player

WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

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4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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0:00.0

All right. Let's talk about Jalen Hertz becoming the highest paid player in the NFL ever.

0:05.6

So he's the quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. They just went to the Super Bowl.

0:09.6

They lost, but he is now on average now. It is not in terms of guaranteed money.

0:15.6

So the NFL, the number that ultimately matters is guaranteed money. You can cut a guy.

0:19.9

He doesn't get a portion of the money. But per year, he will make $51 million a year.

0:27.3

And over if he plays out the life of the contract, which again, isn't guaranteed.

0:30.6

But if he does, it'll be the most amount of money ever played paid to a professional football player.

0:37.7

Not in not in total, but again, by per year, 51 million, 255 million is the total deal.

0:45.5

And my issue in this case, he isn't, I believe that people should make as much money as they

0:48.8

possibly can. You should ever feel bad about how much money you've made if you make it legally.

0:53.2

But I think there's a major issue in this country as the upper echelon of society continues to

0:58.8

elevate themselves. So professional athletes, you always see these record breaking contracts.

1:02.7

People like Jeff Bezos and the guy who just went over 200 billion in net worth.

1:06.8

The very top of the food chain seems to be recession proof. They seem to continue to make more money.

1:13.9

And yet the middle class, which is the backbone of a society, is really struggling.

1:19.7

And in most cases, not even keeping up with inflation. And I think that is is a recipe for

1:24.8

a disaster in a society because ultimately, the middle class is the driver of an economy.

1:30.0

Yeah. Now I would agree with you. But let me put this out there. Do you think that that is the

1:36.1

compensatory to the market for the most important position on a successful team?

1:42.7

Well, you're worth whatever someone will pay you. And again, I'm not, I'm not being Bernie Sanders

1:48.0

here in saying he shouldn't have to be allowed to make that or he should pay more in taxes.

1:52.9

What I am saying, though, the gap is just getting bigger and bigger and bigger.

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