Originally posted by BobS:
No kidding, I would be curious if the age of death of an NFL player was compared to the average Joe of the same ethnicity how much the NFL player falls short. I have to think on a guess every year in the NFL takes almost a year off someone's life.
For some people it doesn't matter, that his the only way out and they are willing to take the chance. They are either going to be gang banging or drugs, with some managing to get an education and climb up that way. Unless you are gifted in Basketball or baseball. For others there is hockey, but that is not an option for those in the inner city.
I thought I read something along that lines as far as years played and how much it takes off a players life. However, I don't think they separated the ethnicity part and just used the average human being.