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Odell Beckham's 2021 salary is so low, that he paid to play in the NFL due to him being paid in Bitcoin...

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Vince Carbonneau
November 10, 2022  (6:45 PM)
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With the bitcoin hype train full steam ahead last year, many NFL players chose to convert their entire salaries to bitcoin in hopes of them cashing in exponentially on their already big money deals.

Well, among those players was Rams' WR Odell Beckham Jr, who opted to take his 2021 contract in Bitcoin after signing with the Rams for $750,000.

At the time, Bitcoin was worth upwards of $60k, but after the recent collapse of the crypto market, the money from Beckham's contract has not only disappeared, with taxes factored in, he actually was paid negative dollars...

Yes, Odell Beckham paid to play in the NFL last year, and if Beckham were to cash on his Bitcoin, it would have cost him nearly $200k.

Here are the numbers:

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