Yesterday, the Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
From a financial perspective, each Seahawks player will take home $178,000—payment for that particular game.
Now, given that the Superbowl was played in California—and the players earned money playing in the game— it’s reasonable for the state of California to tax that specific income.
But that’s not the way California looks at it.
Instead, the state will go back in time, all the way to the start of the NFL season in September, and take their ‘fair share’ of the players’ ENTIRE salaries over the entire season.
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This isn't just a California thing. It's been going on for ages in all states that have taxes. Sports Illustrated covered it a while back.
The Darnold thing's a bit misleading, since the Seahawks also played in CA during the regular season, and that tax amount is the total he has to pay for the entire year (including his salary, playoff bonuses, and SB bonus).
The discussion of Newsom's handling of that tax revenue, on the other hand, is pretty legit.
Seattle had road games in Santa Clara and Inglewood and Santa Clara again for the Super Bowl
8 home games in Seattle
2 road games in CA plus super bowl
I count 3 games in CA
regular season is 17 games plus 2 playoff home games
where is the super bowl next year? Inglewood
I would not be surprised if the NFLPA tells the NFL behind closed doors that they are not okay with this happening. It is wild that Sam Darnold lost money playing.
If Darnold lost money then every player on Seattle lost money too?