The NFL Lockout will affect American popular culture and society with potential job and money loss. It also brings to light the spending habits of average American's and players, and demonstrate the influence of unions on society. In addition the lockout illustrates the anxieties felt by the average American and the conflict between classes during this recession.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

An unlevel playing field

"The average NFL player who plays for more than 5 years has a life expectancy of 55 years. If he is a lineman this drops to 52 years. U.S. life expectancy overall is 77.8 years.
To my knowledge, there have been no studies of the life expectancy of NFL owners. But since life expectancy is correlated with wealth it is likely they'll live longer than most of us."

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/03/03/david-morris-owners-nfl-players-union/
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