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No every NFL athlete signing a multi-million dollar contract to play professional football, leaving their families to supplement their income elsewhere.
“I’ll set the record straight: We have multiple sources of income that we’ve built over the past seven years,” Allison Kuch, who is married to a free agent Isaac Rochellon a November 2023 episode of his “Sunday Sports Club” a podcast. “Also, if you’re in the NFL for seven years and you need to get a job right away the moment you get cut, something doesn’t add up.”
Kuch and Rochell, who welcome daughter Scottie in December 2023, don’t rely solely on his NFL salary — especially while he remains unsigned. They also have her podcast, her Husband’s PSAs and various other social media deals and endorsements that contribute to their family income.
Jason KelceMeanwhile, he played all 14 seasons of his NFL career with the Philadelphia Eagles before retiring in March 2024. He is also an ESPN broadcaster and co-host of the “New Heights” podcast with brother Travis Kelce. While the podcast was recently sold to Wondery to millions, Jason and his wife Kylie Kelce still keep their home life relatively humble. (They share three daughters, and in November 2024, they’re expecting baby No. 4.)
“We make sure that anything we do they feel supported by their family and friends and then also don’t put them in any places of privilege,” Kylie just say Us Weekly in June 2024. “(We’re) doing our best to make sure that when they grow up and they turn 16, they will drive (a used vehicle) . We can’t let them have a hand-me-down car right now. You don’t get dad’s CyberTruck (Tesla) as your hand-me-down. You’ll be driving a base model, hopefully, having to roll down the windows with a crank.”
Keep scrolling for more behind-the-scenes reality of the NFL and the finances of the stars:
Salary Talk
Despite players like Patrick Mahomes, Dak Prescott a Aaron Rodgers raking in the big bucks, not all NFL contracts are created equal. Retired athlete Chad Hansenwife, Bryce Watts Hansen, shut down the allegations that “all NFL players are millionaires” in a series of December 2024 TikTok videos.
Indeed, Bryce he said that the couple lives in a 700-square-foot apartment with the same beat-up couch they’ve kept since he signed his rookie contract with the New York Jets.
“He was on eight different NFL teams, which means eight different contracts were signed and broken,” he explained in a video. “When you’re on a team, it’s good money — it doesn’t matter (if) you’re on the practice squad or active roster, it’s all good money.”
He added, “But because contracts aren’t guaranteed … (after you’re cut) you get nothing, especially if you sign at the start of the offseason and then get break during the short term. You don’t see any of that money because you haven’t played repeatedly, you haven’t gone to practice.”
According to Bryce, they also spent most of his paychecks on the costs associated with moving between teams, as well as doctor’s appointments and other necessary expenses.
“The costs really start to add up, so you have to (decide), ‘We’re not going to buy new furniture, we’d rather spend it on something for his body or a recovery tool. ,’” Bryce added. “In the end it helped us and it helped him.”
Dealing with Insurance
Like any employer, the NFL offers insurance to active players in the league.
“They don’t even get life insurance,” Kuch said in July 2024 TikTok video. “There are some players who only play one game, I get it, but Tom Brady? He’s only insured for another four years.”
Kuch is on Rochell’s plan, which “restarts” any time he signs with a new team.
“Last year, because my husband was employed by the Las Vegas Raiders, he was covered for the full year of employment,” she said. “As that year of employment is over, we get cover for another five years. Every year my husband continues to play, he resumes another five years. “
So, even though Rochell was cut from the Raiders weeks before Kuch was born, his insurance provider still covered her birth bill.
Cost of costumes
According to Bryce, the athletes are not allowed to keep their shirts without paying for them. He revealed in another December 2024 TikTok that Chad only bought helmets for two of the eight teams he played for during his career.
“I think the jerseys can be up to $600 or something like that, so when (athletes) exchange after the game, you have to pay for it,” he said. “He wished he’d bought a helmet for a little more, but when you’re broke, the last thing you want to do is buy a helmet that’s a couple hundred dollars.”
Provision of Match Day Tickets
While many NFL wives and their children are staples at football games, it’s not always easy to secure tickets.
“NFL tickets aren’t free, even if your husband or boyfriend is on the team,” Bryce said in a third December 2024 TikTok video. “They get a certain amount and they have to transfer them from another player if they don’t get enough for family members – but they also pay tax.”
According to Bryce, the tickets are scattered around the stadium in different sections next to other fans.
“You don’t get some ‘primo’ front row seat,” he explained. “Also, when you see people in the box? Even the big players? They pay for them. They paid for those boxes, they don’t get them for free.”
Travis Kelceas for him, spent more than $3 million for a box in the Super Bowl 2024 for love Taylor Swifttheir families and a host of famous friends. The big game played at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium, which also has a “Field Club” on the sidelines complete with tables and bottle service.
“It’s a crazy amount of money to get one of those booths at the Field Club,” Kylie Colewho is married to a Raiders punter AJ Cole, he said on the Kuch podcast in October 2024, confirming that the seats are selling for around $30,000 per table.
Over in Los Angeles, Kelly Stafford had to pay for a suite to accommodate her and Rams quarterback Matthew Staffordfour daughters.
“There’s this section in the suite where the food is and you can sit and have a cocktail or something to eat, and my kids are sitting there coloring,” Kelly said on her “Morning After” podcast. in October 2024. “I’m going, ‘Hey, there’s a reason I’m bringing you to these games. Honestly, this is a wasted ticket. You could do this at home, watch on TV and colour.’”
Kelly added, “As much as I really want them to be there because I know their dad wants them there, I’m also like, am I wasting money bringing you to these games ?”
All Kinds of Fines
Many athletes have also had to allocate part of their salaries to pay league debts.
“You can get fined for a lot of different things in the NFL,” the Saints star Juan Johnsonwife, Chan Johnsonhe said in an October 2024 TikTok video. “The fines come from either the NFL itself or from your team specifically, like if you’re late to practice or late to a meeting … or do something in a game that’s bad. “
According to Channel, Juwan has only received $2,000 for “failing a weight test” throughout his five-year NFL career.
The year before, Rochell revealed on his TikTok in his rookie year with the Los Angeles Chargers he was fined $30,000 for a tackle in the middle of the game.
“Everybody in the NFL knows if you have a FedEx package in your locker, you get fined,” Rochell said. “You’re paying someone. I opened it, and sure enough, it’s $30,000. Remember, at that point I was making $500 a week during training camp, so this was way more than I even made in training camp.”
Hierarchy Among Women
Even the player’s contracts affect dynamics with the players’ spouses.
“For women, certainly, (there is a hierarchy). It’s varied from team to team, but if you think of any group of 53 women in a room, you’re not going to get along with all of them,” Kuch said on “The Viall Files” podcast in August 2024. “You’re going to gravitate towards different women, anyway. There are teams that (Isaac) has played for, where women won’t give you the time of day unless your husband has a contract of a certain size or is a veteran.”
Rochell, for his part, said that the same hierarchy exists in the locker room as well, but “it’s not as bad.”
“I think men are cold,” she said. “But there’s such a difference in how much people make that it’s hard not to have that (be a thing). Your teammate could be making 30 times what you are making. If you’ve got a guy making $4 million a game and then me – remember (I made) $7,000 every two weeks – he doesn’t care about me. There is no way. If he cares so much about winning, he doesn’t care about Isaac on (the) practice squad (in) his rookie year.”
