Robert Lipsyte: Why the NFL Would Do Us a Favor by Canceling the Upcoming Season‏

"It's not exactly a fair fight, which of course is why unions were invented. It's estimated that half of the NFL owners are worth at least a billion dollars each, while slightly less than half of NFL players make more than a million dollars annually. The average player's career lasts fewer than four years."

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