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Message: [QUOTE="NYCorange, post: 1615959, member: 4918"] Yeah, and that same SI study noted that 78% of NFL players go broke or commit suicide within 2 years! Clearly they should force those NFL players who are declaring out of HS to go to college and stay 3-4 years... Oh wait... Look, I don't have the study in front of me, but I would be willing to bet that the reason for these dire numbers is mostly (but not fully) due to the fact that both sports cycle through a TON of players who play a few games and then never make the league again. Think about a player like James Southerland. He's an "NBA Player" but he's played all of 4 games over 4 years since he left SU. It's easy to imagine him and other players of his type going broke within a few years of stopping playing, especially since life on the road is very expensive. It's not so much the Donovan McNabbs or the MCWs who are going broke, but the CJ Fairs and the Jerome Smiths of the world [/QUOTE]