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AlbaNY_Ram
The contract the Rams gave Wentz (prorated vet minimum plus a $150,000 signing bonus) is exactly the same as if they gave him a $732,500 deal to play the rest of the season. It's $732,500 in Wentz' pocket either way and a $732,500 cap hit either way.
If you're OK with paying Wentz $732,500 to be QB2 for the rest of the year then the structure of the deal shouldn't matter.
(There are at least 20 backup QBs who make more than Wentz, topped by Brissett and Trubisky at $8M each. [
boardroom.tv] )
Second point: there is no relation between NFL salaries and beer prices.
NFL salaries are paid out of the team's share of NFL league revenues, which is comprised of national merchandise, licensing, and TV contracts. NFL league revenues total around $15.3 billion (yes, with a 'b'). That gets split up evenly among all 32 teams, to the tune of approximately $478 million per team. The players get 47% of that: $224,800,000. That's the salary cap and that's where all the money comes from that teams spend on their player costs.
And the owners get the rest - around $253 million. Each.
It doesn't make a difference if Wentz makes $1M or $40M. The Rams, of course, have to fit Wentz' salary under the cap, but Kroenke still gets his $253M either way.
Local income - which includes concession sales, ticket sales, and corporate sponsors - is not included in league revenues. All of it goes directly to the owners. It wouldn't matter if beer cost $1 or $50 - not a penny of that goes to cover player salaries.
Of note, beer costs $5 in MetLife stadium for both Giants and Jets games and also in Miami. [
1075thefan.com] Apparently those owners don't see the need to soak their fans like some teams do ...
