Spam canned meat sales

Average NFL salaries climbing past 3 million dollars as American Spam sales also climb. Two completely different ledgers: one in the highest-paid corner of American sports, one in the cheapest aisle of the supermarket. Both happened to grow.

Average NFL salaries grew from about 1.9 million dollars in 2010 to over 3 million by 2023 as the salary cap rose and broadcast-rights revenue compounded. Spam sales grew from about 144 million cans annually in the early 2010s to a record 240 million during the pandemic, with sustained higher levels since as inflation kept cheaper shelf-stable meats relevant. Two completely unrelated lines sharing a window because the same fourteen years rewarded both the top of one industry's pay scale and the bottom of another's price ladder. Different economies.

Two completely different American ledgers grew in the same decade. One on the field, one in the cabinet.