04-13-2016, 01:58 PM
NFL base salary increases $15,000 a year for each year played. Rookie base is 450,000. League states average career is 6 years, NFLPA states it is 3 years. Let's assume it around 4 years. So that would be around 2.25 million for 4 years of work. The average salary for a college grad is around $50,000 a year. It would take 45 years of work to equal an NFL player's worth. If an NFL player can't make 2.25 million last, even if he does nothing else as a career, for 45 years.... That is on him. I hate when pro athletes complain about money. Try living in the real world.