re: 78 percent of NFL players are bankrupt...within two years

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Many NFL players come from poverty.

When you come from poverty, you can't fathom a million dollars. It literally seems infinite to you.


That's why a lot of lotto winners go bankrupt too.

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yup. easy come, easy go.
Its the players fault though. They could collectively bargain a more robust pension plan if they were willing to take less money up front - but they wont.