Comments on: Pros vs Joes: Are Professional Athletes Better Than You With Money? /blog/pros-vs-joes-are-professional-athletes-better-than-you-with-money/ getting the most out of life one penny at a time ... Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:01:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steward /blog/pros-vs-joes-are-professional-athletes-better-than-you-with-money/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Steward Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:39:00 +0000 /blog/2008/03/pros-vs-joes-are-professional-athletes-better-than-you-with-money/#comment-69 I think I first realized just how much a sports player made when one of my brother's teammates got drafted into MLB. He went out and bought his parents a house. I remember thinking as an eighth grader that that was a whole lot of money! I think I first realized just how much a sports player made when one of my brother’s teammates got drafted into MLB. He went out and bought his parents a house. I remember thinking as an eighth grader that that was a whole lot of money!

]]> By: kentuckyliz /blog/pros-vs-joes-are-professional-athletes-better-than-you-with-money/comment-page-1/#comment-68 kentuckyliz Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:12:00 +0000 /blog/2008/03/pros-vs-joes-are-professional-athletes-better-than-you-with-money/#comment-68 My next-door-neighbor's son-in-law is a recently retired pro baseball player. He had sense, so he never went hog wild. He knew his body would give out young due to the stresses of the sport and he'd need another business. No extravagant living or drugs 'n' hookers.<br/><br/>In fact, a couple years ago, he thought his house was too big, and the monthly operating costs were too high--silly to be that wasteful (even though he could afford it)! So they downsized to a smaller (but still high-end) house. The neighborhood is snugglier and there are more kids for his kids to play with. When you live on a huge estate on a huge tract of land, your kids are lonely!<br/><br/>He's just a really nice, down-to-earth, level-headed guy, a Christian, a family man, a sensible guy. <br/><br/>Just the opposite of Britney Spears. Remember the recent news about her monthly budget--hundreds of thousands of dollars and NO SAVINGS OR INVESTMENTS! Which is sad because her career is pretty much over. She'll be destitute before long--if she's not dead from drug overdose or suicide. My next-door-neighbor’s son-in-law is a recently retired pro baseball player. He had sense, so he never went hog wild. He knew his body would give out young due to the stresses of the sport and he’d need another business. No extravagant living or drugs ‘n’ hookers.

In fact, a couple years ago, he thought his house was too big, and the monthly operating costs were too high–silly to be that wasteful (even though he could afford it)! So they downsized to a smaller (but still high-end) house. The neighborhood is snugglier and there are more kids for his kids to play with. When you live on a huge estate on a huge tract of land, your kids are lonely!

He’s just a really nice, down-to-earth, level-headed guy, a Christian, a family man, a sensible guy.

Just the opposite of Britney Spears. Remember the recent news about her monthly budget–hundreds of thousands of dollars and NO SAVINGS OR INVESTMENTS! Which is sad because her career is pretty much over. She’ll be destitute before long–if she’s not dead from drug overdose or suicide.

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