Well,according to a study conducted by RBC Professional Sports Group, theaverage retirement age of an NBA player is 28, with anaverage playing career of 5 years. However, this figure is slightly misleading, because it is an average across the whole league, in which many players never see a...
av·er·age ˈa-v(ə-)rij Synonyms of average 1 a : a single value (such as a mean, mode, or median) that summarizes or represents the general significance of a set of unequal values b : mean sense 1b 2 a : an estimation of or approximation to an arithmetic ...
The stats bear this out. According to a 2009Sports Illustrated article, 35 per cent of National Football League (NFL) players are either bankrupt or are under financial stress within two years of retirement and an estimated 60 per cent of National Basketball Association (NBA) players go bankrupt...