re: $126,935 is the average annual cost of a Student-Athlete at Alabama.

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Both sports are markedly different physically than football. That said, there are 30 MLB teams with 25 man rosters (before the 40 man post-season roster). That's 750 MLB players. How many were teenagers? It will likely be less than 1%.

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Now throw in the Farm Systems and other leagues. College Football is the NFLs Farm System.

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NBA has a requirement minimum of 13 players on a roster (12 active and 1 inactive). The average is 14 players. 30 teams making it 420 players in NBA. I'd bet less than 3% are teenagers.

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That is because of the competition and the restrictions of Drafting players into the NBA until they are at least one year out of HS (18 years old). If the owners could put out a product that had enough quality to draw viewers, they would not care how old they are (thus the market value of the players).

It is all the same. The cost are all proportional to the consumer based on the level of talent put on the field.