Why are so few pro quarterbacks bald?

[trof]

Or so few bald pro football players, period, for that matter?
I mean naturally bald.
Not shaved.
The only two I can think of are Y.A. (Yelberton Abraham) Tittle (what a name)


and Terry Bradshaw.

[HuckleB]

1. There are plenty of them.

http://blogs.nfl.com/2010/11/30/pick-six-best-bald-players-of-all-time/

And then there's the entire Hasselbeck clan.

[fishwax]

2. Most QBs' careers are too short for them to go bald

Average careers are short, and the average age of the NFL player is something like 27--it's rare that guys are naturally bald by then.

[Charlemagne]

3. Because they have hair