The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, or ASHA, grants the the designation to both practicing speech-language pathologists and audiologists. For speech-language pathologists, the full acronym representing demonstrated clinical competence is CCC-SLP.
If you are one of the NFL players whose career lasted long enough to qualify for NFL pension benefits you will need to decide when to begin drawing your pension. Although the NFL retirement plan defines normal retirement age as 55 years old, many players begin drawing their pensions early.
In short, the average NFL salary doesn't spike until most players are out of the league. 70% of NFL players are between the ages of 22 and 27. Players in that group earn less than the NFL average overall. Compare that chart to this age distribution chart for players. The number of players at each age starts declining once you get to age 26 â the same point at which the average salary starts in incline. Most NFL players don't make it to the age range (28 to 35) when they can start making serious money ($4 million a year and up on average).