This seemingly different behavior is actually consistent with the rule that a parameter gets THE VALUE of its argument. It is just that the value of an array argument (the base address of the array) is different than the value of an int, float, struct, ..., argument.
The typical NFL player makes $860,000 per year in 2015. Players like Drew Brees ($23.8 million) and Philip Rivers ($21.2 million) make a lot more. The minimum NFL salary is $435,000 per year. There are 32 teams in the NFL with 53 players each. That makes 1,696 NFL players total. Total salary money of about $3.6 billion is split between all players.
The NFL players at the top of the leagueâs pay scale are doing just fine. Here is a list of the top 10 paid NFL players and how much they are making a year, a day and a hour, according to Yahoo. 1  No. 10 Mario Williams, $16 million a year, $135,500 a day, $5,600 a hour.hough the National Football League makes more money ($9 billion a year) than any other professional league in the country, its players make, on average, less than National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball players.