Kyle McMahon
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- May 10, 2006
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People are kidding themselves if they think football is going anywhere, even if the evidence that playing football directly correlates with CTE becomes indisputable. People do stuff far more dangerous than playing football for far less money.
Heck, do a poll of the people in this forum. See what percentage would trade their regular day job for a multi-million dollar NFL contract, even knowing all the health risks associated with football. I suspect the overwhelming majority would. I certainly would.
The only difference I expect to see is that eventually significant numbers of players will come into the league, play the length of one contract to set themselves up for life financially, and retire after three of four seasons.
Heck, do a poll of the people in this forum. See what percentage would trade their regular day job for a multi-million dollar NFL contract, even knowing all the health risks associated with football. I suspect the overwhelming majority would. I certainly would.
The only difference I expect to see is that eventually significant numbers of players will come into the league, play the length of one contract to set themselves up for life financially, and retire after three of four seasons.