Performance Bonus?

[Donger]

Being the relative football noob that I am, I was wondering if the Chiefs (or any other teams, for that matter), give their players bonuses based on performance? Do they get extra $$$ for breaking records, getting into the playoffs, Super Bowl, et al.

If not, why not?

[Kyle401]

Originally Posted by Laz

i believe the players for all teams get paid more for playoff games and the superbowl.

All players make the same amount of money for each playoff game regardless of their individual contract. I believe it was around $16,000 per game last year.

[Amnorix]

All players of teams in the playoffs get a playoff share. The share increases depending on how far in the playoffs they go, and whether they win or not. The playoff share is pretty nominal compared to their overall compensation. The playoff share is also identical for each player on the team.

Other than that, nearly all bonuses are individualized. I have never heard of a "if the team has 10 wins" or "if the team makes the playoffs" bonus, even for quarterbacks. One reason for this is that the agent would argue, quite correctly, that it's unfair to put team performance goals in the contract because the player has very little control over whether the player will earn them.

I realize that team goals/bonuses are very common in the real world, and this is no different. I also realize that no RB, for example, can reach a 1,500 yard rushing bonus by himself....

All that said, bonuses are individualized, not team oriented. I also believe this is true across all sports. I've never heard of a contract where a player in ANY sport gets a bonus for his team reaching the playoffs, based on HIS individual contract.

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by Kyle401

All players make the same amount of money for each playoff game regardless of their individual contract. I believe it was around $16,000 per game last year.

IIRC, the winner and loser of each game get different amounts, and the amount increases the further you go into the playoffs. So if a team made it all the way inot the Super Bowl, and won, they'd have winning shares from at least 3 games, which can add up to a healthy amount for the minimum wage scrubs on the back end of the roster, but won't even be noticed by the star players.

[Kyle401]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

IIRC, the winner and loser of each game get different amounts, and the amount increases the further you go into the playoffs. So if a team made it all the way inot the Super Bowl, and won, they'd have winning shares from at least 3 games, which can add up to a healthy amount for the minimum wage scrubs on the back end of the roster, but won't even be noticed by the star players.

Link to collective bargaining agreement

It appears that the pay per game increases as you go through the playoffs. However, the winning and losing teams are paid the same until the SB with the players on the winning team in '04 each recieving $68K and the losing players were paid $36.5K. There is no pay scale listed for the '05 playoffs. I guess the CBA expires at the end of the regular season not at the end of the playoffs.

Pro bowl pay was $35K for the winners and $17.5K for the losers each of the last two years.