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Re:I’m the Wife of a Former N.F.L. Player. Football Destroye... by paulcole on Friday February 02, 2018 @02:26PM (#16293437)
You're one of the few people who seem to actually understand this.

By comparison, a 4-year degree is probably worth more in the long-term than those NFL earnings. So the players are actually being better compensated in college than the NFL.

Edit:

The median salary for an NFL player is about $770K and most players are out of the league in under 3 years.

https://www.si.com/nfl/2016/03/01/nfl-careers-shortened-two-...

http://blog.futureadvisor.com/nfl-players-must-go-long-on-re...

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Re:I’m the Wife of a Former N.F.L. Player. Football Destroye... by saalweachter on Friday February 02, 2018 @03:00PM (#16293740)
It looks like the average 4-year degree is worth less than the average NFL earnings - the two figures I found Googling were $2.1M for lifetime earnings from a 4-year degree, and $4M for career earnings for an NFL player.

On the other hand, engineering degrees tended to hover around $4M for average lifetime earnings, and some engineering fields (petroleum engineer, SV software engineer) averaged ~$6.5M in lifetime earnings.

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