The NFL is just one example of stark income inequality. The NFL median salary of $900K equals about 18 U.S. households ($52k) or about 30 African-American households ($31k). People in poverty overwhelmingly comprise the 2.1M Americans who're incarcerated and the millions more on parole or probation or with criminal convictions. Income inequality i.e., poverty significantly contributes to people choosing to engage in criminal activity. Yet we don't see NFL players decrying how the U.S. creates transgenerational poverty. Virtually all NFL players attended and even graduated from universities without paying a dime for school. About 1M Americans default on their student loans annually. Many have nothing to show for their academic efforts. The dichotomy between the haves and have nots is becoming starker every year. Yet it's all Americans who suffer across racial demographics.