80 of all NFL players, three years after leaving the NFL are unemployed, divorced and bankrupt.
This despite each player meets with the CFO and the team puts together a financial plan for them that 80% disregard.
They tried after last years report to blame it on race - white players already had a home and their mom’s had a home and black players need to buy that stuff.
I played in the 1970’s and we all knew the risks then and choose the money was worth the risk.
We had a former NFL player living next door for about 10 years. First house he bought after leaving the Lions, it was early 90s. He was black. He was very careful with his money, bought a modest house that I expect he paid cash for, worked in banking then dabbled a bit in real estate. I think he is a bank vice president now. The family seemed glad to be “settled” and not doing all the traveling any longer. He did have some nice cars, though.