[Just because you apparently lack any sort of moral fiber doesn’t mean everyone else does.
It wasn’t $50M — though of course I hadn’t already earned $250M+ — but I absolutely have sacrificed aspects of my career because I spoke out on a controversial topic. Long and short of it, I was a partner at a large law firm, and spoke out against practices where we funneled work to associates based solely on racial/gender considerations. I said I would refuse to do it because I thought it was not only unethical, but unlawful.
I was shortly thereafter removed from that client’s cases, which resulted in a large enough reduction in billings than I eventually decided to leave. I knew ahead of time it would happen, but I wasn’t going to play the PC game just for more money.]
If Drew Brees wasn’t 41, and hadn’t already played 19 seasons, I’d have more sympathy. But if you’re not willing to stand up for your beliefs when you’ve already earned multi-generational wealth...when will you?