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Originally Posted by ithos
The career of your average professional player is probably less then ten years. Then they have to find a new career. The vast majority are not set for life and have to figure out how to make an income for many decades to come.
Another big reason overlooked is that the courts got involved and changed how free agency works.
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Regarding figuring out how to make a living after sports: Maybe this would be less of a problem of the majority of athletes actually finished college before jumping into the pros for their less than 10 year career. Hell, they can now get $10,000 to help them do so.