Sorry NFL, the answer is NO! Put away the checkbook.
When I hear about young men signing a $5,000,000 contract to play football, straight from school, I say to myself, “Wouldn’t it be great to be born big enough, fast enough, talented enough and athletic? If I were offered big bucks to play sports, I’d snap it up in a flash!” It does sound attractive, if you don’t factor in the risk of having a broken neck, multiple concussions leaving you a rich moron and a different person than when you started playing the sport. “Playing” doesn’t describe what... Sign in to see full entry.