In fact even better yet, how about the NFL just cancel the season and every NFL player go to police academy then go ride in a cruiser for the next year, wearing a bullet proof vest because every stop could be your last.  But be sure to send them all to Detroit or Chicago and not Beverly Hills or Cape Cod.  Put them in the trenches.  Then come back a year from now and report on how well that worked out for you as you put your life on the line for 40k a year instead of playing a game for 25 million a year.