At the start of my Ted Talk, I want to capture the attention of the audience and get they involved. In order to do this, I plan are starting my talk with a quick audience poll and then including an anecdote. I am planning on displaying a picture of Andrew Luck, asking the crowd if they know who this is, and then explain how I decided to write about my topic because Andrew Luck was on my fantasy football team but retired before the season started. My main points are that on average, NFL players have been retiring at an earlier age every year and then presenting the reasons why, the average career is surprisingly short and the cause of this revolving door of players, and how this paradigm shift is good for players, but bad for teams, fans and college athletes. I plan to talk about how higher salaries give players fiscal security, and thus allow them to retire earlier and pursue other interests. I also will address the role injuries play in a players decision to walk away from the game. Included in this will be the rising concern over CTE from medical professionals and players alike. To conclude my talk, I will show examples of what players do after they retire at a young age. Examples being sports analysts and investors. People should care about this shift because the NFL is an economic juggernaut, directly or indirectly providing jobs for thousands of professions. On a more practical note, millions of Americans are football fans and actively support their team and favorite players. No one wants to see their favorite player retire and their team become worse because of it. This is seen by the negative response players have received from fans over their decision to retire early, which I will visually show during my presentation.