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Brock Purdy is the quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers making less than $1 million per year, $870,000 to be exact. On Sunday, Purdy led the 49ers to a lopsided 42-19 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles, completing 19-of-23 passes for 314 yards with four touchdowns. Purdy’s 49ers are currently regarded as the hottest team in the NFL after drubbing the 10-2 Eagles. Over the season so far, Purdy has completed 70.1% of his passes for 3,185 yards with 25 touchdowns and only 6 interceptions. He leads the NFL in completion percentage, yards per catch, and most
His competition in the 49ers match up with the Philadelphia Eagles was Jalen Hurts, quarterback for the Eagles, who is making $55 million per year. That is 57 ½ times what Purdy is making. Top quarterbacks in the NFL like Hurts, Joe Burrow, Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson are currently making over $50 million per year.
People should be up in arms over this disparity in compensation particularly when the life of an NFL quarterback is 4.8 years. Compare this to corporate America where CEO compensation is always at the top of the food chain and the average tenure of a corporate CEO is 7.2 years and the median is 4.8 years. There is simply no other example of a 57 ½ times difference in compensation between CEOs in the same industry.
Let’s put this in perspective. The quarterback is like the CEO of the team and required to make a play or decision on every offensive play. Much like a CEO in corporate America, a quarterback can’t do it alone, but he is the single most important player on the team and is called upon to lead the team to victory as corporate CEOs are called upon to lead their company to profits and become #1 in their industry.
