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In response to "The median salary in the NFL is $770,000 - The average career is 3.5 years. That's $2.7M - it would take someone making the median US income 54 years " by decline

The problem with that stat is that it only considers players who make rosters.

Posted by David (aka David) Sep 25 '13, 07:59

Add in the other 50 players who train from spring until the final cut and the numbers are instantly cut in half. Plus, agents take their cut and the money instantly leads to a high tax rate. The money for most NFL players is nowhere near what it is reported to be.

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You're talking apples and oranges here - decline Sep 25, 08:05 1
- It's like considering CEO salaries as relevant to the average American salary. The data is noise, not signal. -- nm - David Sep 25, 08:07
Then we're not talking NFL players, are we? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 25, 08:04

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The problem with that stat is that it only considers players who make rosters.

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