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Title: ESPN Documentary about American sports stars who are broke Post by: scotty77 on May 16, 2014, 02:28:39 PM Think that a lot of people here will find this interesting. Features quite a few gambling stories too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okFEZCgE5ag (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okFEZCgE5ag) Title: Re: ESPN Documentary about American sports stars who are broke Post by: mondatoo on May 16, 2014, 02:47:03 PM Jeez the background music is tilting, plz say it stops soon.
Title: Re: ESPN Documentary about American sports stars who are broke Post by: Boba Fett on May 16, 2014, 05:20:20 PM cliffs- which stars are broke?
Title: Re: ESPN Documentary about American sports stars who are broke Post by: BorntoBubble on May 16, 2014, 05:50:23 PM cliffs- which stars are broke? 78% of NFL players after 2 years. 60% of NBA players after 5 years. Title: Re: ESPN Documentary about American sports stars who are broke Post by: Longy on May 16, 2014, 05:52:10 PM cliffs- which stars are broke? Easier to name the ones who aren't. Title: Re: ESPN Documentary about American sports stars who are broke Post by: arbboy on May 16, 2014, 06:05:32 PM http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmarshallcrotty/2012/02/21/allen-iverson-earned-over-200-million-in-his-nba-career-hes-now-broke-say-what/
http://newsone.com/2748985/allen-iverson-retires-broke/ Title: Re: ESPN Documentary about American sports stars who are broke Post by: mulhuzz on May 16, 2014, 06:37:35 PM cliffs- which stars are broke? 78% of NFL players after 2 years. 60% of NBA players after 5 years. think the figures are similarish for premiership players.....read that somewhere... Title: Re: ESPN Documentary about American sports stars who are broke Post by: vegaslover on May 18, 2014, 02:39:05 AM cliffs- which stars are broke? 78% of NFL players after 2 years. 60% of NBA players after 5 years. think the figures are similarish for premiership players.....read that somewhere... indeed, for all leagues though, not just prem. Most of 'em end up getting divorced by the trophy wives once the money stops coming in Title: Re: ESPN Documentary about American sports stars who are broke Post by: TommyD on May 18, 2014, 03:53:58 AM IMO clubs both sides of the Atlantic now should employ finical professionals to protect their players. Wages in the top sports have rocketed. You give someone in their late teens/early twenties those sums of money, bearing in mind these days the those who command such high fees are put in a bubble from an incredibly young age and never told no, of course people will take advantage of them and of course they won't know the value of the money or the fact it can all end abruptly.
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