Ex-Eagles In The NFL

[SD]

as long as he's willing to play special teams too

[SD]

$10 says the dude is broke and has no ability to otherwise earn a living.

kid in my class did his organizational brand management assignment on getting the NFLPA to start a money management class for NFL players, something like 75% of them are broke 5 years after retirement. This doesn't make sense to me considering they get a decent pension.

[charlie]

$10 says the dude is broke and has no ability to otherwise earn a living.

kid in my class did his organizational brand management assignment on getting the NFLPA to start a money management class for NFL players, something like 75% of them are broke 5 years after retirement. This doesn't make sense to me considering they get a decent pension.

It makes perfect sense when you're talking about a collective group of people who spend more time thinking about their next custom escalade than the fact that they will, on average, need to survive for an additional 50 years after their last nfl game.

[SD]

Chris Rock said it best

and it's not racist since he's black

[Diomedes]

wait, young jock Americans who come into sudden money tend not to handle it well?  you don't say!

[rjs246]

$10 says the dude is broke and has no ability to otherwise earn a living.

kid in my class did his organizational brand management assignment on getting the NFLPA to start a money management class for NFL players, something like 75% of them are broke 5 years after retirement. This doesn't make sense to me considering they get a decent pension.

It makes perfect sense when you're talking about a collective group of people who spend more time thinking about their next custom escalade than the fact that they will, on average, need to survive for an additional 50 years after their last nfl game.

NFLers absolutely do NOT live an average of 50 years past their retirement. I think the average life span of an NFL retiree is something like 59. That's not exactly right, I know, but it is something appallingly low.

[SunMo]

it probably has something to do with the tackling

[rjs246]

And the Steroids.

[SunMo]

and that gatorade was recently found to manufactured from asbestos and arsenic.  can't believe that one got past the FDA

[rjs246]

Shortened life span due to the last boy scout is also a consideration.

[SunMo]

ha, damn that was nice

[rjs246]

Thanks, I was sort of a proud of that one.

[QB Eagles]

It's an urban legend that NFL players have a lower life expectancy. I think people see the cases of NFL players dying young, but underestimate how often people die young in the general population.

There is an anecdotal belief among observers of the NFL that its players do not live as long as the average American male -- approximately the age of 72. The only extensive report that examined the issue refutes that notion.

In 1994, just before Super Bowl XXVIII, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released the results of a study that was prompted by a request from the NFL Players Association. Professional football players, according to NIOSH, actually live marginally longer than non-football players. Based upon the occurrence of death among men of similar age and race in the general population, 189 deaths would have been expected of the test group, but only 103 occurred.

I heard that they are looking to redo that study, so we can see if anything has changed since 1994.

There are certain medical conditions that you see more often in retired NFL players (head traumas, heart problems). Some are related to the brutality of the game, some are related to the large number of fat linemen in the game. But you have to remember that the population of NFL players is a population that is starting off in amazing physical condition compared to regular guys on the street.

[BigEd76]

Welbourn has issues with the Eagles over medical benefits

Welbourn goes on to detail how he suffered a right knee injury playing for the Eagles at old Veterans Stadium. With the help of a lawyer, Welbourn claims he was granted "lifetime medical benefits" on his right knee and most of his lower leg following surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus.

After leaving the New England Patriots, Welbourn had a doctor perform a cleanout on his knee and then pursued the Eagles for benefits. "The doctor was met with the runaround, dropped calls, denials and finally my favorite: that I was never an employee of the Eagles!" Welbourn wrote.

Welbourn says he has been pursuing the Eagles for two years to make good on the agreement he had with the organization.

"Actually, I have thought many times any player that played for the Eagles or was forced to play in the Vet should be part of a class action suit against the NFL and the Eagles for making us play on that crap," he wrote. "The unsafe working conditions we were forced into by management, the NFL and Union are unconscionable."

[Seabiscuit36]

Thanks, I was sort of a proud of that one.

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