the median salary for an nfl player is $770,000 and reflects the premium of the risky job of subjecting ones body to injury and shortening their life span in the interest of entertainment. players are paid a lot of money short term for sacrificing their health down the road. if that seems like a fair trade, consider this. the career of the average player, the average player is 3 1/2 years. for those players, when that time is up, so is the money. it is enough time for them to have been exposed to mild brain injury that is result from the routine hits that lead to a lifetime of chronic health problems. ruben, i want to start with you on this. how do we think about compensation? should we think of it as you make nearly $1 million, we put up with it or look at the life