To quote Patrick Ewing during the '99 NBA lockout, "Sure NBA players make a lot of money, but we spend a lot too."

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Jul 23, 2019
4:53:31pm

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SpiffCoug

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Adrian Peterson with 100 million dollars of earnings can't pay his bills

BYUfan92

7/23/19 4:42pm

Most people live beyond their means. Greater means, greater debts.

pink22

7/23/19 4:48pm

RE: Most people live beyond their means. Greater means, greater debts.

byuguns55

7/23/19 5:14pm

Same reason many lottery winners end up losing all of their winnings.

Adrielle

7/23/19 4:50pm

It’s the support and counsel people that are usually the problem

cougfanz

7/23/19 4:50pm

Not to mention friends and family members wasted his fortune.

Fatalplacebo

7/23/19 4:59pm

OOC How much salary do NFL players keep after agents,

Mister P

7/23/19 4:53pm

To quote Patrick Ewing during the '99 NBA lockout, "Sure NBA players make a lot of money, but we spend a lot too."

SpiffCoug

7/23/19 4:53pm

Is it weird that I don’t really judge these athletes that this happens to?

Gerald-DeGroot

7/23/19 5:09pm

Yes, it’s weird that you aren’t judging people.

Pimpin4Paradise

7/23/19 5:19pm

Personal finance for dummies. Should be required reading

Agnostic-alumni

7/23/19 5:24pm

They do it at rookie camp and have done for awhile.

Gerald-DeGroot

7/23/19 5:28pm

I'm pretty sure most of us have no clue how to manage that much money, and those

The Machine

7/23/19 5:47pm

The use of payday lenders is pretty much a bad decision in almost all situations

BYUfan92

7/23/19 6:49pm

Oh. I didn't read the article. Egg on my face.

The Machine

7/23/19 7:20pm

MILLIONS owed to payday lenders, that's craziness.

BYUfan92

7/23/19 7:57pm

It’s not hard at all.

cougfanz

7/23/19 10:18pm

If you can read...

kccougar

7/23/19 5:59pm

I was a presenter at the NFL's 2016 and 2017 Personal Finance Camps. Everything

PGVikingDad

7/23/19 5:41pm

I'd be curious who has a harder time managing money and more likely to go broke

Powerbait DPM studnt

7/24/19 6:59pm

The player's union the NFL is a complete failure.

HarlemCoug

7/23/19 6:22pm

I don’t know how many NBA and NFL players grew up in poverty

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