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.
Colin Kaepernick makes less than $1 million per year Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images The NFL is the most lucrative pro sports league in the world, but its players are dead last among the four major American professional sports in average salary. On average, NBA players make $5.15 million, MLB players make $3.2 million, NHL players make $2.4 million, and NFL players make $1.9 million per year, according to Forbes. But that doesn't even tell the full story. Andrew Powell-Morse and Brett Cohen at BestTicketsBlog put together two charts that reveal how few NFL players are making real money. In short, the average NFL salary doesn't spike until most players are out of the league. 70% of NFL players are between the ages of 22 and 27. Players in that group earn less than the NFL average overall. BestTicketsBlog. Compare that chart to this age distribution chart for players. They are mirror images of another: BestTicketBlog