These super-athlete types grow up in such a bubble. They're catered to and ass-kissed from the time they're 10 years old or so all the way through college, so they have no idea what the real world is like.
In fact, I'd amend what I said earlier to say that colleges and then pro teams care much more about them than your Average Company Inc. ever cares about Joe Schmoe who works for them.
The biggest thing is, if football is so evil and terrible, DON'T PLAY. Nobody is forcing you to.
These athletes make a ton of money but they are in a bubble which is influenced in a huge part by who their agent is and also their hangers-on. I don't know about that 10 year old part. Football is a late bloomer's sport and if the catering comes from anyone it is the foolish at that age. I also don't think the young athlete is entitled. From the most part, they come from "broken homes".
And the NFL can "care" but you have to think about scale. The NFL is literally bathing themselves in money every day.
That is a little different from Average Company, that has to legitimately worry about profits.
In fact, the biggest corporations on the planet still stress profits and cost cutting at the risk of a healthy business.
As for your last comment, I agree.
