It's not just pro-athletes who have short windows of high earnings. A lot of the so called 1% are only in that group for a small number of years. It might not b

It's not just pro-athletes who have short windows of high earnings. A lot of the so called 1% are only in that group for a small number of years. It might not be as extreme as NFL athletes but think about, say, a startup founder who takes a very low salary for 5-10 years but then has 1 great year when he cashes out.