And Did You Know...

  • In the NFL, the longest stretch without an arrest or citation this offseason was 11 days. The majority of 2008 incidents were related to drugs/alcohol or assaults against women. (Foxsports.com 5/8/2008)

  • As of 2005, pro sports salaries showed an average of:
        NBA $3.7 million
        MLB $2.5 million
        NHL $1.8 million
        NFL $1.3 million

     Half of players in:
        NFL made $589,000 or less
        MLB made $788,000 or less
        NHL made $1.1 million or less
        NBA made $2.2 million or less.     (cnbc.com 1/10/2007)

  • Arrests/citations of NFL players between April 2007 and 2008 were down 20% from the previous year. (Foxsports.com 5/8/2008)

  • The average life expectancy for a football player is 55. (Men’s Journal Sept. 2007)

  • Over 4,000 Americans have died and 60,000 have been wounded in the war with Iraq. While more than
    185,000 women have been deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and the surrounding region – 11% of the U.S. force (USA Today 3/20/2008)

  • One third of 62-and-older respondents currently has or is expected to have debt in retirement. (USA Today 3/12/2008)

  • 42% of motorcycle deaths resulted from riders not wearing helmets. The average age of those killed was about 38. (USA Today March 2008)

  • Athletic competitions result in higher injury rates than practices do. The highest rate of injury occurred in football and girls soccer. In practice, football had the highest rate, followed by wrestling. (USA Today 3/21/2008) (March’s Journal of Athletic Training)

  • High school athletes are more likely to earn a bachelor's degree, achieve full-time employment, remain physically active and fit in their adult year than non-athletes. (National Center for Educational Statistics)

    College level athletes are: graduating at a higher rate, more likely to assume leadership or service roles in their communities, make healthy choices, and have a greater respect for diversity than non-athletes. (Evansville Courier & Press 3/18/2008)

  • 55 of the 64 NCAA's women tournament teams graduated at least 70% of their white players, while black players had that success rate at only 36 schools. As for men’s teams, 33 schools graduated at least 70% of white players; 19 graduated that percentage of black players. (USA Today 3/19/2008)

  • More than one of every 100 adults are in jail or prison. (USA Today Feb. 2008)

  • In 2007, 14,990 people were murdered in the US. Nearly 50% were African-Americans, which is 12% of the U.S. population. Of those African-Americans that were victims of homicide, more than 1/3 were ages 13-24. (USA Today 12/3/2007)

  • A breakdown of where charitable giving is going:
        31%-health & social services
        14%-community & economic development
        13%-higher education
        12%-K-12 education
        12%-other
        8%-culture & arts
        7%-civic & public affairs
        3%-environment
        (fortune.com)

  • In 2007, 9% of 12 million cosmetic surgery procedures were performed on men. The most frequent were, nose reshaping, eyelid surgery, liposuction, male breast reduction, and hair transplant.
    (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)

  • The number of books U.S. adults say they typically read in a year:
        9%-none
        23%-1-3
        19%-4-6
        13%-7-10
        37%-more than 10
        (USA Today 5/1/2008)

  • More than 624,000 computers in the USA have traded child pornography, much of it showed the sexual abuse of very young children, in the past 2.5 years. (USA Today 4/16/2008)