I Love Football, But...

The average life expectancy for pro football players is something like 20 years under the average for the rest of American men. Reggie White, a great pass rusher, died yesterday - at 43. The mixture of taking a beating every Sunday (I heard getting tackled in the NFL is the equivalent of running into a brick wall at 25 mph) and the widespread use of steriods - look at the size of many of these men, spell shorter lives.