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DO OLYMPIC MEDALISTS AND SUPER BOWL CHAMPS WIN ANY BONUS MONEY?

Let me start with the National Football League.   First of all, a high school football player has one chance in 1250 to become a NFL player.  But if you make it, the median salary is $860,000/year.   The  top earners  are quarterbacks, ranging from Patrick Mahomes ($45 million) to #11 Ryan Tannehill ($29.5 million).   Super Bowl QBs Matt Stafford is at #15 with $27 million and Joe Burrow around $9 million.   But it's not as simple as that , for Matt Ryan has a cap hit of $48,662,500, Josh Allen will get this year $46,961,405 in cash. Mahomes has a 10-year contract worth $450,000,000. Tom Brady has so far earned $320,232,980 in all his professional years. Maybe it's  safest being a kicker , as the average playing time with the league is seven years, the average kicker makes $1.8 million/year, and the league has penalties if an opposing player just touches one. Also consider that players are free around half of the year. All that information to tell you that each Super Bowl play

WHAT IS THE STATUS OF COURT CASES ON MANDATORY VACCINATIONS?

(Below will be photos I took of the Tokyo Summer Olympics Opening Ceremonies.  The first is Tokyo Tree that night.) Simply, there are at least two recent court judgements on cases regarding the right of government to mandate vaccinations: An Indiana court  supported Indiana University requiring all students, faculty and staff to be fully vaccinated  before returning to campus in August, save for those with religious/medical exemptions and students taking online courses.   The ruling, though, only applies to this university.   Hundreds of other colleges have also taken certain steps, and they all remain open to challenge. The University of Hawaii has indicated that vaccinations are not required until the Federal Government officially approves those vaccines, something that won't happen until later this year. The bottomline situation nationally, thus, remains murky. In a rather confusing set of decisions and changes, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals a week and a half ago sided