It is his business if he goes broke, I agree. Do you also agree NFL players going broke shortly after they retire is a problem? I feel bad for guys going broke, don't you? I hope Artie does amazingly well in life, and I don't want to see him end up a casualty of instant NFL riches. In pretty much every single case, guys spent their millions on stupid crap like jewelry, cars, clothing, etc. All things that decrease in value, sometimes wildly. It's not smart. And yes, I have had co-workers spend hard earned money on things I felt were ridiculous, and I told them so. For example, many years ago a co-worker spent $400 on a pager. This dude had no friends. The ONLY time he ever got paged was when he went to a pay phone and tried to page himself. Stupid, right? Yeah, it was his business, but it was a dumb move. Kid was 18 and was making pretty good money, but you simply can't **** it all away and expect to have anything down the road.
I want what's best for everyone, especially these young men who have worked their tails off to get where they are. I want to see them not only succeed on the field, but after their playing days are over with I'd like to see them continue to succeed.
Let me ask you. If you had a son do what Artie just did, would you pull him aside and say, "You're a grown man now, and it's your life, but you should probably think about not spending your money frivolously." Or would you just pretend there isn't a potential problem and say, "It's his life, let him do what he wants."??
Again, I'm not trashing Artie, I just don't want to see a young man get into a bad habit of spending money even before he has it. That's not a recipe for long term success.
What a stupid, stupid assumption to make. I think it's dumb to buy 41K in jewelry, but it's even worse to accuse someone of using charitable funds to do so. You simply can NOT make accusations like that without hard proof.
See that's your problem. His agent is saying it was nowhere near that much.
But your problem is that from your limited frame of experience, spending 41K for jewelry is too much. It isn't when you are going to be making a million+ over the next couple of years.
Also, he's a grown *** man. If he goes broke, that's his business. Hope he doesn't, but I'm not going to remotely manage his finances. If you had a coworker that spent what you thought was too much for jewelry would you call him over and tell him you think he's spending too much on jewelry? Serious question.