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**Karinochka** · 10-15-2007, 07:30 PM

I can't fully disagree with that as healthcare wasn't a big concern back then. However, the salaries they made back then were still quite a bit better than the average Joe out there. Players were still making around double what a normal person was making back then. It still comes down to fiscal responsibility, IMO.

Even if they were making double what a working person was making, they only got that income for a handful of years. I believe the average NFL career is around 3 years. It's hard to get a meaningful retirement funded in that short of a time.

10-15-2007, 07:30 PM	#14
Karinochka Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 554 Senior Member	I can't fully disagree with that as healthcare wasn't a big concern back then. However, the salaries they made back then were still quite a bit better than the average Joe out there. Players were still making around double what a normal person was making back then. It still comes down to fiscal responsibility, IMO. Even if they were making double what a working person was making, they only got that income for a handful of years. I believe the average NFL career is around 3 years. It's hard to get a meaningful retirement funded in that short of a time.
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