[DIRTYSECRET]

Agreed. Still there’s something in the brain that makes people do stupid things.

[nickcarraway]

Well, he was being paid a lot of money, and had a lot going for him.

I looked it up. He got a little over $11M for the approximately a year and a half he played. His contract was for four years, with a fully guaranteed $16.67 coming to him, with a fifth year option. So he got a bout 2/3rds of the money from his rookie contract.