What must an NFL player do to earn the millions of $, the contract gives?

Answer 1

In most sports, if a contract is signed, then the player will get the money regardless of how much they play, so long as they make their best attempt. If they get hurt, then they get paid to sit on the bench.

In football, things are very different.

First, you must be very good at the position, of course. If you aren't very good, you will probably get paid the minimum allowed at your position. And, eventually, you'll get cut and won't make any money at all.

In football, they will try to rework your contract all the time. And if you are unwilling to rework your contract, they might cut you, and pay you some small amount of your salary depending on how much of the season you paid. If they don't cut you, they will wait for your contract to run out, and if you haven't performed like a monster, you will not be resigned.

Also, you can't get hurt, or people start talking about "durability issues."

Usually, the contract allows for "guaranteed money" and money you get if you meet certain milestones: for example, if you play more than seventy percent of the games, you get a certain amount of money. If a running back runs more than X amount of yards, they will get a certain amount of money. Every contract is different.

Obviously, guaranteed money is the best. The best way to guarantee yourself money is to play really, really well in college, and then get a high draft position, and then demand a lot of guaranteed money. If Matt Leinart had been terrible in the NFL, he still would have walked away with something like 20 million dollars.

Answer 2

do his job or do a better job. Arrington of the Giants got relased, and he only got paided his signing bounus and his 1year only which came out to be 800k

usually in the contract it will say what is needed in order to get the full contract money (like start at least 10 games, or have a passer rating over 80.0, etc.)
if the player does not do well on his contract, then the team will release him, and the player will only get some of the money (the gaurenteed part of the contract)

Answer 3

Stay healthy, stay consistent, produce victories

Answer 4

Uh...be good at football...VERY good...

Answer 5

Must be good................................very good :D