{"id":15707,"date":"2026-02-10T08:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=15707"},"modified":"2026-02-10T08:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:50:11","slug":"seahawks-sam-darnold-lost-money-while-winning-super-bowl-lx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/10\/seahawks-sam-darnold-lost-money-while-winning-super-bowl-lx\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks\u2019 Sam Darnold Lost Money While Winning Super Bowl LX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is going around, but being framed improperly by the dishonest press. The money for being in the Super Bowl is a bonus, so the tax is related to his yearly salary and duty days in California and why he pays more than the bonus. But it’s still pretty interesting how greedy California is in taking money from athletes like this who compete in the state. You have to negotiate a good contract because probably close to half of your income goes to the government. But that’s the government, they see your money as belonging to them until they can take it. Hence why they seize bank accounts and investment accounts if they’re inactive for a certain period of time… And we didn’t even have income taxes until 1913 in this country other than during the civil war, repealed after, and a brief time around World War I which was ruled unconstitutional, also with the income tax of 1913 they could use tax exempt status to coerce churches and religious organizations… Income taxes today by the federal government, states… are diabolical and excessive. You’re actually a government slave for a nice chunk of the year if you think about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/nfl\/seahawks-sam-darnold-lost-money-while-winning-super-bowl-lx-11493843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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By Alex Brasky<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever had a job where it felt like you were paying to work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold<\/a> experienced just that during the week of Super Bowl<\/a> LX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to former NFL<\/a> QB Boomer Esiason, who now hosts a morning talk show on WFAN Sports Radio, Boomer and Gio<\/em><\/a>, Darnold lost money playing in this year\u2019s big game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 08: Sam Darnold #14 of the Seattle Seahawks celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after winning Super Bowl LX a…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As a result of California\u2019s jock tax, a local income tax that impacts visiting professional athletes, Darnold had to pay the state of California nearly a quarter of a million dollars to perform under the bright lights in Santa Clara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor winning the Super Bowl, the winning team, each player gets $178,000\u2014in other words, the Super Bowl isn\u2019t a part of their salary,\u201d said Esiason on Monday\u2019s show. \u201cAnd they look at duty days. So each spends seven days in the state of California. So those are seven duty days, and they pierce your regular salary at 3.5%. So he has to pay\u2014when you take into account he got the $178,000 plus his overall salary, he has to pay the state of California for spending seven days there $249,000.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sam Darnold lost money on Sunday?? Boomer says the NFLPA should shut down any future Super Bowls in California: pic.twitter.com\/3Rki5K6HT4<\/a>\u2014 WFAN Sports Radio (@WFAN660) February 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

So, if you do the math, Darnold paid $71,000 to play in Super Bowl LX. Now, that\u2019s one heck of a day at the office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Esiason then argued that the NFL Players Association should refuse to allow its players to play the Super Bowl in California moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf I\u2019m the NFLPA, I\u2019m like, \u2018Hey, we\u2019re not playing any more Super Bowls in California,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re just not doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s tough to argue his point, as it\u2019s hard to justify what is supposed to be a player\u2019s crowning achievement turning into an expense. The NFL should fix this immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is going around, but being framed improperly by the dishonest press. The money for being in the Super Bowl is a bonus, so the tax is related to his yearly salary and duty days in California and why he pays more than the bonus. But it’s still pretty interesting how greedy California is in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15708,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15707\/revisions\/15708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}