Reggie Williams, the former linebacker of the Cincinnati Bengals and former executive at Walt Disney World, doesn't begrudge current NBA players for making so much more than their NFL counterparts, but he does acknowledge the moral and medical flaw in the system.
"NFL players are the guinea pigs for the continual medical and technological advances for all of mankind," cracks Williams, who at age 61 has had 24 surgeries on his right knee, a knee replacement on his left leg, bone spurs taken out of his feet, an aorta dissection and a stroke.