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In The NFL You Can Get $55,000 For Losing 3 Pounds

Sports is one of the few areas where you can openly talk about someone's weight and not offend them. OK, most likely not offend them. Anyway, one of the big NFL stories of today is that Seattle Seahawks running back Eddie Lacy earned a $55,000 bonus for coming into camp weighing under 250 lbs. Now, the team has not officially announced it, and yes, this is something a team would indeed announce, but Jeremy Fowler of ESPN is reporting that he was given the information by a source:

And then Lacy's representatives, Sports Trust Advisors, tweeted out a subtle confirmation:

I really wish they kept money in canvas bags with a big dollar sign on it. Now Lacy can make up to $385,000 in bonuses tied to his weight if he can get down to and stay at 245 lbs during the season. There were reports that Lacy was at 267 lbs during the off-season when he made a free agency stop. But his contract with the Seahawks required him to be under 255 for in May, and he was 253. Today he earned enough to buy a Jaguar XF for losing three pounds.

And if you think those numbers are hard to believe…let's swing over to the Dallas Cowboys, where ESPN's Todd Archer was told that guard Byron Bell earned $155,000 for weighing in at 320 lbs. he can earn another $300,000 in incentives for making weight at the start of training camp at the start of the season. And with that money in that city, you could by this lovely 3,839 sq. ft home with four bedrooms, four baths, pool, jacuzzi, and media room.

The interesting thing here is that the incentives seem enormous, but we're talking about ball players who make millions — meaning incentive and penalties need to be substantial if they're going to have any effect. And what the NFL is paying them for is physical performance, so offering up close to half a million dollars for someone to be at a certain weight makes sense when you look at it in that perspective. But for the average person, those numbers are kind of crazy.

[Source: ESPN]

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