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Originally Posted by philfree
This is what's wrong with the NFL. What people on earth are allowed to think and act this way. I'm sorry but most people in real life have more than one career. More than one job as they make it through life. Why should an NFL player be any different? The concept of having to make enough money in a handful of years in the NFL to sustain a person for another 50 years/ the rest of their life is wrong headed. Especially when the peolpe who pay their wages (the fans) have to go on working till they retire at 63+ years of age.
PhilFree 
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Considering the average life expectancy of an NFL player is 53-59, I'd say it's a wash.