Yowsa.
The average life expectancy for players who make it to the NFL is 55 years, "more than two decades shorter than that of the public at large". Talk about blood sports!
Update: anonymous, in the comment(s) has an even more interesting fact:
Try rock stars:
Researchers at Liverpool John Moores University, led by Prof. Mark Bellis, studied 1064 British and American artistes who became famous between 1956 and 1999.
They compared the life spans of these rock stars to the life expectancy of the general population (matched for age, sex and ethnic background) up until 2005.
Their average life span was 35 years for European and 42 for North American stars.
Talk about blood sport :)
Update: anonymous, in the comment(s) has an even more interesting fact:
Try rock stars:
Researchers at Liverpool John Moores University, led by Prof. Mark Bellis, studied 1064 British and American artistes who became famous between 1956 and 1999.
They compared the life spans of these rock stars to the life expectancy of the general population (matched for age, sex and ethnic background) up until 2005.
Their average life span was 35 years for European and 42 for North American stars.
Talk about blood sport :)
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Try rock stars:
Researchers at Liverpool John Moores University, led by Prof. Mark Bellis, studied 1064 British and American artistes who became famous between 1956 and 1999.
They compared the life spans of these rock stars to the life expectancy of the general population (matched for age, sex and ethnic background) up until 2005.
Their average life span was 35 years for European and 42 for North American stars.
Talk about blood sport :)
I dunno.
Does the Kief even use blood anymore?
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And the numbers for European rock stars are distorted by the fact that Keith Richards is still alive. He's skewing the average upwards just by virtue of surviving as long as he has.
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