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Kasz216 on 25 October 2010
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ManusJustus said:
Kasz216 said:

The pension is $200 a month for each Season played in the NFL.

Averege NFL Career length is 3 and a half seasons.

So... $800 a month for the average player to be generous.   Or $9,600 a year.  Starting at age 55.

Granted their conditions aren't going to be bad as your 10 season guys... but even a 10 season guy is only getting 24,000 a year... and probably has some serious day to day pain and or mental impairments.

Thats ridiculously low.  I've read studies of football players having much higher rates of alzheimer's, so that with the obvious physical problems that these guys have they do deserve to get reimbursed for their efforts.

Its hard to believe that a warrior like Brett Favre can play 20 seasons and only get $40,000 a year for all the pain and suffering he's going to have for it.

Yep, it's pretty horrible.  It's why I'm pretty much always on the player's side when it comes to contracts and collective bargaining disputes.   Even when a player threatens to sit out when signed under contract.

NFL contracts are pretty 1-sided both in the macro and player wise due to the NFL being allowed to collectivly bargain.

Why it's not ruled a monopoly or unfair collusion I'm not sure.  I really think it should be.

That's one law the government really should pass, but probably won't because it'd be unpopular with some football fans if spun the right way.