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So if there's 11 minutes of action total, the defense might play 5 minutes, the offense 5 minutes, and special teams 1 minute. So star quarterbacks play 5 minut

by sutro 17y ago

So if there's 11 minutes of action total, the defense might play 5 minutes, the offense 5 minutes, and special teams 1 minute. So star quarterbacks play 5 minutes per game. With 16 games, that's 80 minutes of action per season. Add three more games for Super Bowl bound teams and you've got 95 minutes. The Colts pay Peyton Manning $14 million per year. Assuming that he is paid for his actions on the field, he is making a wage of $8.85 million per hour.

Perceval 17y ago
In addition to the five minutes of action, you're not counting: watching film, practice, training, off-season conditioning, and showing up for the job.
- sutro 17y ago
  You don't get it. All those other things you mention could be done by any amateur quarterback. They require no special skills. What makes Peyton Manning unique and consequently expensive isn't his ability to show up, watch film, practice, work out, etc. Rather, it's what he does in those 5 minutes per game that separates him from thousands of journeyman quarterbacks and determines his $14M salary. So yes, he is making $8.85M per hour. All the other stuff he does could be done equally well by countless others.
stanleydrew 17y ago
This is silly. If my employer is paying me for the time I spend actually physically pressing each key while I code, I guess I'm making probably 100x my stated hourly wage. Why does that matter? Oh, it doesn't.
- sutro 17y ago
  So what I hear you saying is that if your employer knew how much time you spend on the clock actually physically masturbating to Hacker News, you might have to take a pay cut. Did I get that right?
philwelch 17y ago
That's a specious argument, since Peyton Manning has to be there all day, even through he's only running around and throwing the ball for 5 minutes. (And probably spending another 5 minutes calling the play and communicating it to his teammates.)

by sutro 17y ago

Perceval 17y ago

In addition to the five minutes of action, you're not counting: watching film, practice, training, off-season conditioning, and showing up for the job.

sutro 17y ago
You don't get it. All those other things you mention could be done by any amateur quarterback. They require no special skills. What makes Peyton Manning unique and consequently expensive isn't his ability to show up, watch film, practice, work out, etc. Rather, it's what he does in those 5 minutes per game that separates him from thousands of journeyman quarterbacks and determines his $14M salary. So yes, he is making $8.85M per hour. All the other stuff he does could be done equally well by countless others.

stanleydrew 17y ago

This is silly. If my employer is paying me for the time I spend actually physically pressing each key while I code, I guess I'm making probably 100x my stated hourly wage. Why does that matter? Oh, it doesn't.

sutro 17y ago
So what I hear you saying is that if your employer knew how much time you spend on the clock actually physically masturbating to Hacker News, you might have to take a pay cut. Did I get that right?

philwelch 17y ago

That's a specious argument, since Peyton Manning has to be there all day, even through he's only running around and throwing the ball for 5 minutes. (And probably spending another 5 minutes calling the play and communicating it to his teammates.)