Why do so many NFL players go bankrupt?

[Kalisto2010]

Originally Posted by GusFrerotte

Saden1 has it right. I would also add that look at the culture, especially hip hop culture and those videos. These guys think that is what life is all about and blow it on mansions, Bentley's, etc, with no real skills in saving money or investing. Look at all those hair metal guys from the 80's that are the same way. Blew it all on partying, then the party ended after MTV killed off the hair band era.

How do you know it wasn't the country club culture that you see on TV everyday? People living up in the hills in their multi-million dollar homes, driving around in their bentleys, partying in the hamptons, buying yachts. See, if it wasn't for these aristocrats projecting these images to our impressionable youth, athletes wouldn't end up being broke trying to mimic them. See what I did there I can use a cultural bias to make my point too.