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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Packerfury" data-source="post: 301564" data-attributes="member: 1960">Really guys? Really? You guys have no idea. Anyone know the average lifespan of a player in the nfl? 55. 52 for a lineman. The average lifespan of americans in general is 77.6. NFL players are literally giving up 20 years of their life. And if they add 2 more games, logic points to them lsoing even more years. If I knew I was losing more than 20 years of my life, I'd better get paid well. They don't do as well as you think. The average salary in the US is 48000(68000 with a bachelors). I'm going to say we work for 45 years. I don't know the average, but 22-67 sounds about right to me. That means in our lifetime if we work to retirement, we make 2.16 mil(3.06 with bachelors). The average nfl player plays for just over 3 years. The average nfl salary is 770,000(440,000 if you a packer. lowest in the nfl) That means if they work til retirement they make 2.31 million(1.32 if your a packer). Many of you will say that well they can get another job and make more. Do you want to work after you retire? I don't. And if were smart with our money and make good decisions, we probably won't have to. And they only living to 55? I'd want to enjoy my remaining years. We will probably all live to see 60. They probably won't.  I'm not asking you guys to feel bad for Brady, Manning, Ray Lewis, and all of the other stars. I'm asking you to look at the average nfl player and realize that the system is very very flawed and treats the AVERAGE nfl player poorly. Just because you don't want a lockout, don't simply jump on the owner bandwagon and point the finger at those "greedy players." The average nfl team last year still grossed about 10 million dollars. The owners aren't exactly scraping by living out of a shoebox either. I'm not saying it's all the owners fault, but there are compromises to be made on both sides. There will probably be a lockout, and that's just reality.</blockquote>

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