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2015 Super Bowl: Jets' Percy Harvin gets payday from Seattle Seahawks' win over Green Bay Packers
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Percy Harvin ought to be happy. (John Munson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)
Darryl Slater | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com By Darryl Slater | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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on January 19, 2015 at 7:00 AM, updated January 19, 2015 at 7:09 AM
Seahawks fans everywhere went nuts after their comeback victory Sunday over Green Bay in the NFC Championship Game.
Somewhere, Jets wide receiver Percy Harvin might have celebrated as well.
That's because Harvin financially benefited from Seattle, his former team, make the Super Bowl, in which the Seahawks will play the Patriots.
But how is that possible? Didn't Seattle trade Harvin to the Jets in the middle of the 2014 season?
Yes, that did happen. But as we mentioned earlier this month, Harvin played enough games for the Seahawks in 2014 to be eligible for their Super Bowl-related pay bonuses.
Here's how it all works for Harvin, which Joel Corry explained in excellent detail on the National Football Post:
• Harvin has already landed a guaranteed $46,500, by virtue of Seattle making the Super Bowl. Players currently on the Seahawks will earn $93,000, even if Seattle loses to New England.
• If Seattle wins the Super Bowl, Harvin will get $70,500, while current Seahawks players will get $141,000.
This is because Harvin was on Seattle's roster for five games in 2014. So he is eligible for half shares of the bonuses.
As Corry explained in his piece, if a team wins a conference championship game, players make $44,000. Win the Super Bowl, and players get $97,000 more on top of that. Lose the Super Bowl, and they still get $49,000, plus the $44,000 they earned from the conference title game.
Those are the dollar figures for players currently on the roster: $93,000 for a Super Bowl appearance, and $141,000 for a Super Bowl title.
But even if a player isn't on the roster at the time of the conference title game or Super Bowl, he can still benefit from his old team's success. That's where Harvin comes in. Corry explains that players get a half share of the money if one of four qualifications are met. This is the qualification that applies to Harvin:
Players who aren't on the 53-man roster at game time that spent between three and seven games on the roster (regular season or playoffs) provided they're not under contract to another team in the same conference.
Fortunately for Harvin, the Seahawks traded him out of the NFC, and into the AFC East with the Jets. So once the Seahawks won the NFC title game, Harvin began profiting from their success, with a half share of whatever their current players earn.
Harvin, of course, won a Super Bowl ring with Seattle last season, in a blowout against Denver at MetLife Stadium. The Jets now have to decide whether they want to retain him for the 2015 season, when he is due to make a non-guaranteed base salary of $10.5 million.
So what if Harvin had a rocky relationship at times with Seattle teammates? He has to be happy to see them doing well again now, if only because it bodes well for his bank account.
Darryl Slater may be reached at dslater@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @DarrylSlater. Find NJ.com Jets on Facebook.
percy harvin 10/24/1414
Percy Harvin ought to be happy. (John Munson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)
Darryl Slater | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com By Darryl Slater | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Email the author | Follow on Twitter
on January 19, 2015 at 7:00 AM, updated January 19, 2015 at 7:09 AM
Seahawks fans everywhere went nuts after their comeback victory Sunday over Green Bay in the NFC Championship Game.
Somewhere, Jets wide receiver Percy Harvin might have celebrated as well.
That's because Harvin financially benefited from Seattle, his former team, make the Super Bowl, in which the Seahawks will play the Patriots.
But how is that possible? Didn't Seattle trade Harvin to the Jets in the middle of the 2014 season?
Yes, that did happen. But as we mentioned earlier this month, Harvin played enough games for the Seahawks in 2014 to be eligible for their Super Bowl-related pay bonuses.
Here's how it all works for Harvin, which Joel Corry explained in excellent detail on the National Football Post:
• Harvin has already landed a guaranteed $46,500, by virtue of Seattle making the Super Bowl. Players currently on the Seahawks will earn $93,000, even if Seattle loses to New England.
• If Seattle wins the Super Bowl, Harvin will get $70,500, while current Seahawks players will get $141,000.
This is because Harvin was on Seattle's roster for five games in 2014. So he is eligible for half shares of the bonuses.
As Corry explained in his piece, if a team wins a conference championship game, players make $44,000. Win the Super Bowl, and players get $97,000 more on top of that. Lose the Super Bowl, and they still get $49,000, plus the $44,000 they earned from the conference title game.
Those are the dollar figures for players currently on the roster: $93,000 for a Super Bowl appearance, and $141,000 for a Super Bowl title.
But even if a player isn't on the roster at the time of the conference title game or Super Bowl, he can still benefit from his old team's success. That's where Harvin comes in. Corry explains that players get a half share of the money if one of four qualifications are met. This is the qualification that applies to Harvin:
Players who aren't on the 53-man roster at game time that spent between three and seven games on the roster (regular season or playoffs) provided they're not under contract to another team in the same conference.
Fortunately for Harvin, the Seahawks traded him out of the NFC, and into the AFC East with the Jets. So once the Seahawks won the NFC title game, Harvin began profiting from their success, with a half share of whatever their current players earn.
Harvin, of course, won a Super Bowl ring with Seattle last season, in a blowout against Denver at MetLife Stadium. The Jets now have to decide whether they want to retain him for the 2015 season, when he is due to make a non-guaranteed base salary of $10.5 million.
So what if Harvin had a rocky relationship at times with Seattle teammates? He has to be happy to see them doing well again now, if only because it bodes well for his bank account.
Darryl Slater may be reached at dslater@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @DarrylSlater. Find NJ.com Jets on Facebook.