(10-20-2023, 09:05 AM)Jaguarmeister Wrote:

(10-19-2023, 04:08 PM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote: Dude already made more $$ in 3 years ($2.9m) + his now $289k which is equivalent to a normal person averaging $75k/year over 40 total years.

He may not have gotten THE bag but he definitely go A bag, as does anyone else spending ~ 5 or more years in the NFL.  Pretty amazing when you think about it.

You're forgetting about 35% of that went to taxes and we have no idea what lifestyle he lived those first couple of years.  He may or may not be set for life other than having a decent pension when he retires and not having to worry about health insurance.

I don't feal sorry for him one bit. I would've loved 2.9m gross paid out over 3 years during my 20s, which are long past. You could invest half of that and be set for retirement. The rest can buy you a spacious house and a vacation house mortgage-free, and a couple cars and still have plenty of money left over. I'd buy a handful of vacation bungalows in touristy spots and AirBnB them year round. I wouldn't need to work ever again.

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