Originally Posted by aceventura3

In your example: There are about 1,696 active NFL players. Less than 5% of all graduating college division I football players get drafted by the NFL, and only about 250 of those make a team each year. And it is only about 3% of all high school football players play division I football. Of those who make it to the NFL we are truly talking about the ultimate cream of the crop, and it is either make it and make millions or nothing.

On the other hand there are about 6 million teachers in the US.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/...ns/001737.html

There is about 1.8 million bank employees in the USA.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs027.htm

I appreciate the issue, but given the NFL monopoly and the craze this country is in over football, I think the market is telling us what we truly value.