Relax, you won't have to sleep on the streets forever
Have you seen the commercial in which a young boy tells the viewer to deal with homelessness by overcoming homelessness? You know the one where it is implied that "you too could make it out of poverty" and all you have to do is ignore your own poverty and concentrate on being the best. In this case, being the best at football was what got this boy out of poverty and into the one percent. It was his drive and determination and the millions of positions available in the NFL... Oh, wait. How many starting positions are there in the NFL? For that matter, how many positions are there in the NFL period? And, if you're not a star in the NFL, how much do you make and how long can you live off that pay when you only have a limited number of years to batter and abuse your body for the delight of the fans, the needs of the family and the handouts of the billionaires in the sky-boxes. To put it in terms that the majority of us can relate to, if you aren't the...