This February, the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams face off on the Tremendous Bowl LVI for the title of nationwide champions—and, in fact, a Tremendous Bowl ring.

With the amount of cash that flies across the NFL, it's no shock that the contributors of the Tremendous Bowl get a big pay day for taking part in within the yr's greatest soccer recreation —whether or not they win or lose. Additionally unsurprisingly, the amount of cash gamers receives a commission has ballooned over the many years.

And the quantity that gamers receives a commission isn't the one manner that gamers can financially acquire from collaborating within the contest—aside from the potential for sponsorships it creates for standout gamers, there may be additionally a big secondary marketplace for Tremendous Bowl rings that may go into the tens of 1000's.

Participant funds are additionally in direct distinction to the halftime present performers, who don't make any cash from the present save for journey bills—although as one in all this yr's performers is Dr. Dre, who calls himself the "first billionaire in hip hop," he won't thoughts a lot.

How A lot Do Tremendous Bowl Winners Get Paid?

In January, the NFL confirmed that each member of the crew that picks up the Vince Lombardi Trophy this yr will take house a bonus of $150,000.

That's not simply the gamers who play, however all 53 males of their roster. So whereas a $150,000 bonus will not be a lot in a league the place the typical wage is $2.7 million (per Esquire), it's a lot to the gamers on the NFL minimal wage of round $400,000 a yr.

Tremendous Bowl LVI winners will make over eight instances as a lot cash in the event that they win had they been taking part in within the Seventies. The 1978 bonuses given out for the sport had been $18,000. Even adjusted for inflation, the worth has almost doubled from the almost $77,000 these '70s gamers took house in at the moment's cash.

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Roland Williams reveals off his Tremendous Bowl rings at at 2012 occasion. Winners of the sport get a hoop in addition to a money bonus.Getty

Do the Tremendous Bowl Losers Get Paid a Bonus Too?

Oh sure. Whoever wins or loses on February 13, all gamers are taking house some severe financial institution.

This yr's loser's bonus will likely be $75,000. Once more, that is paid to all of the 50-plus members of the crew.

Within the Seventies, either side had been paid that very same $18,000 irrespective of who gained and who misplaced.

How A lot Are Tremendous Bowl Rings Value?

When it comes to the rings themselves, per Fox Enterprise, the 150 winners' rings that a crew will get from the NFL have a mixed worth of about $5 million, which means every ring is value round $33,333. Per ESPN, the rings given to the losers are value half of that.

These rings are for the crew to distribute, and to determine who does get one. With so many rings given out to gamers, coaches, executives and different employees over time, it's no shock that they've appeared on secondary markets on occasion.

Costs for these have began at round $30,000, with rings from beloved gamers or fashionable Tremendous Bowls making it to $50,000. In 2008, two Steelers rings from 1970 bought for $69,000 every. When Je'Rod Cherry gave his ring to a charity raffle in 2017, it made greater than $180,000.