Joel Corry has an informative piece over at the National Football Post about how much NFL players earn during the playoffs.

Among the neater details in the story is this one:

By "the last category," Corry is referring to something he had just listed in his story. He was explaining what players earn when their team wins in the playoffs.

For instance, win a conference championship game, and a player makes $44,000. Win the Super Bowl, and the player gets $97,000 more on top of that. Lose the Super Bowl, and he still gets $49,000, plus the $44,000 he earned from the conference title game.

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:

Fortunately for Harvin, the Seahawks traded him out of the NFC, and into the AFC East with the Jets. So if the Seahawks win the NFC title game, Harvin will begin profiting from their success, with a half share of whatever their current players earn.

If Seattle makes the Super Bowl and loses, Harvin will get $46,500 (half of $93,000). If Seattle makes the Super Bowl and wins, Harvin will get $70,500 (half of $141,000).

So if Harvin has any Seahawks gear left, he might just be wearing it and cheering along as he watches the upcoming NFL playoffs. Seattle has a wild card weekend bye, and opens its playoff run next Saturday at home against Detroit, Carolina or Arizona. Seattle is the NFC's top seed, and thus has home-field advantage up until the Super Bowl.

Harvin didn't always have the friendliest experience in Seattle, but he has said he remains on good terms with many of his former teammates. From a personal standpoint, he would like to see his friends win it all for the second straight year. From a financial standpoint, he surely wouldn't mind it either.

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