NFL Salaries by Team

Organizations that have been established to promote any particular sports or games, have moved on to shape the history of games they've been monitoring. Take for instance, the National Football League (NFL), that is undoubtedly, one of the most popular football associations in the American football history. No other sport in the US is as popular as American football and the NFL has an amazing fan base. Be it the thrill and excitement of the NFL Championship game; the superbowl or the craze associated with whooping NFL salaries, all give the NFL games a reputation of being the most followed league in the US. Given the glamor and money put into NFL, NFL salaries by teams are something that makes NFL players to be amongst the richest athletes in the US. Just four months ago, in July 2010, nearly 15 NFL players had made it in the list of Fortune 50 list of highest paid athletes in US!!

NFL Salaries By Team

The NFL was officially established in 1920, with just 11 teams, as its official members. At present, there are 32 NFL teams and there are two divisions of the NFL leagues, known as the National Football Conference (NFC) and American Football Conference (AFC). Each league consists of 16 teams divided into 4 divisions. The yearly competition of NFL teams lasts for 17 weeks and the entire phase is nothing less than a festive season with loads of fun, excitement and the most awaited superbowl sunday, that is the day when highest amount of food is consumed in the US, after thanksgiving day.

Since salaries are a major issue in NFL games, The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), an official body of NFL players has been in existence for quite a long time and it negotiates NFL player salaries with the respective owners of teams. All NFL players are invariably members of the NFLPA and they sign the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), for their salaries. One of the major aspects about NFL salaries is that every NFL team has a fixed salary cap, decided every year, by negotiations, and performance of the team. Every year, the NFL teams are allocated fixed budgets and team managers have to ensure that they are able to make the best team, within the limited budget. That is why there is a huge level of competition when it comes to signing contracts with players, who're performing well. The better a players perform, more are the chances of him, getting signed up with some eye popping salary contracts.

NFL Salaries by Teams in Alphabetical Order

List of NFL Teams	Salaries (In US$)
Arizona Cardinals	$101,458,306
Atlanta Falcons	$95,062,952
Baltimore Ravens	$108,880,797
Buffalo Bills	$110,799,226
Carolina Panthers	$112,963,398
Chicago Bears	$120,672,110
Cincinnati Bengals	$93,840,588
Cleveland Browns	$93,932,182
Dallas Cowboys	$90,340,939
Denver Broncos	$101,658,735
Detroit Lions	$99,910,434
Green Bay Packers	$113,959,603
Houston Texans	$121,943,610
Indianapolis Colts	$103,360,985
Jacksonville Jaguars	$106,879,214
Kansas City Chiefs	$80,624,650
Miami Dolphins	$136,536,261
Minnesota Vikings	$99,802,010
New England Patriots	$95,977,133
New Orleans Saints	$121,552,424
New York Giants	$136,255,746
New York Jets	$120,634,420
Oakland Raiders	$108,020,490
Philadelphia Eagles	$102,285,815
Pittsburgh Steelers	$119,292,960
San Diego Chargers	$116,558,935
San Francisco 49ers	$106,148,952
Seattle Seahawks	$88,765,820
St. Louis Rams	$99,397,892
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	$84,592,822
Tennessee Titans	$109,486,770
Washington Redskins	$99,953,611

Going through these NFL salaries for 2010 must have given you an idea about the whopping amount of money put in NFL games. 2010 NFL salaries by team will be restructured (possibly!) by new regulations in the year 2011. Besides the players, teams, even coaches earn decent money in NFL.