Former rugby star Christian Wade has revealed NFL stars do not receives a commission for nearly half a yr.
Wade, who tried his hand at NFL after a profitable rugby union profession, was a part of the Buffalo Bills squad for some time. Though he by no means featured in a daily season sport.
Louis Rees-Zammit will hope to go that step additional because the Welsh rugby star packs in a single oval-ball sport for an additional on the age of twenty-two, being a part of the NFL’s International Player Pathway Program.
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And Wade, 32, has warned Rees-Zammit he will not be incomes the massive bucks straightaway with some NFL stars incomes in extra of $50million a yr.
Not that they obtain it for the entire 12 months as Wade revealed to InstantCasino.com: “Even with Louis, cash can’t be an element. He gained’t be correctly paid till he makes a crew.
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“You will get a basic salary for the early weeks, but it is no more than pocket money. The big money comes when you get signed.
“Even you then solely receives a commission for 32 weeks of the yr; the opposite 20 weeks it’s important to reside off what you could have earned. It is a troublesome enterprise.
“It is good money if you can get into a team and make a roster and stay on it. But the money is not guaranteed. You can sign a deal worth a few million dollars but then get cut after two months. And you don’t make anything.
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“Even when you get to a team, you get to pre-season that is when the competition starts.
“You have gotten 100 guys competing for 53 locations. During that camp it will get smaller and smaller by the week.
“By the end of the pre-season you will have maybe 70 guys then on the final cut day at the end of camp, guys will be called in and asked to bring their playbooks which means that is the end of the road for them.”