The Sad State of TO

[Warner2BruceTD]

I would think that people who come from nothing and never had anything would understand the value of a dollar and be better at managing money and being frugal than the average person. If for nothing else, out of knowing what being broke and hungry feels like, and never wanting to live that way ever again. Apparently this isn't true.

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

I would think that people who come from nothing and never had anything would understand the value of a dollar and be better at managing money and being frugal than the average person. If for nothing else, out of knowing what being broke and hungry feels like, and never wanting to live that way ever again. Apparently this isn't true.

Status > Responsibility.

People who grow up like that have a delusional view of how people with money live. They will spend spend spend to appear in that lifestyle with no regard to the simple math involved. I mean seriously. It cant take more than one hour to say to yourself *to avoid the post NFL poverty so many players suffer from and that Ive been warned about 39087448937 times...I should put away X amount of money...even if its in a fuckin shoebox." future problem solved.

[xCH0Nx]

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

[BigBucs]

I would think that people who come from nothing and never had anything would understand the value of a dollar and be better at managing money and being frugal than the average person. If for nothing else, out of knowing what being broke and hungry feels like, and never wanting to live that way ever again. Apparently this isn't true.

That sounds ideal but the reality is when you come from nothing you splurge because you never had shit and had nobody was there to show you how to manage money because most everyone else didnt have shit either.

[RosettaStoned]

That sounds ideal but the reality is when you come from nothing you splurge because you never had shit and had nobody was there to show you how to manage money because most everyone else didnt have shit either.

As somebody who grew up dirt fucking poor, this is truth. I've pissed away a shit load of money because I never had anything and as soon as I made my own money I spent it on shit I always wanted. Never was taught to manage money, have had to learn on my own by trial and error. I'm not surprised a lot of these athletes go broke, as I'm sure I'm smarter than most of them.

[jaxjaggywires]

Link

Owens says he’s not broke, didn’t blow his money

During his recent appearance on Dr. Phil, receiver Terrell Owens said that he has squandered most of the $80 million he has earned while playing pro football.

Owens now says he didn’t squander $80 million.

Appearing on 790 The Zone in Atlanta, Owens said that he isn’t broke, and that the suggestion that he lost $80 million was “skewed.”

“I’m not broke,” Owens said, via SportsRadioInterviews.com. “My broke, for the normal person, is not their broke.” (Call me crazy, but I always thought “broke” meant, you know, “broke.”)

“My circumstances have changed,” Owens said. “That means I don’t make the same amount of money that I used to make. With my financial situation, people are asking how did I blow $60 million or $80 million? Those numbers are skewed. If you just kind of factor in the numbers of what I made and how many years I’ve played. Other than that, I don’t know what else to say. . . . I’m not an extravagant living-type person. I didn’t blow my money. My money was stolen and mismanaged.”

Owens said he wasn’t paid to appear on Dr. Phil, and that Owens did the show because he was accused of being in contempt of court after unilaterally cutting his child support payments. (Call me crazy, but I always thought that unilaterally ignoring a court order meant, you know, contempt of court.)

He still wants to return to the NFL, but he stopped short of claiming that he has been blackballed. “To say I’m blackballed, that’s a strong topic,” Owens said. “I really don’t want to take it there. My thing is, just let me have an opportunity to go out on my own terms. . . . I know I can still play.”

It would be a shock at this point if anyone gives him a chance. He hasn’t even gotten a workout since recovering from a torn ACL.

And so his best bet at this point would be to commence the process of transitioning to life after football, which is something that the NFL and the NFLPA should start helping all former players do.

Looks like his crying on Dr Phil was just another act...

[wingsfan77]

Wow he really said he's not an extravagant living person? Maybe he should watch a re-run from when he was on Cribs.

[Tailback U]

I don't feel bad for him but it is a sad story.

My pick for the 2013 celebrity death pool, btw.

[jaxjaggywires]

I don't feel bad for him but it is a sad story.

My pick for the 2013 celebrity death pool, btw.

2012 ain't over yet...

[bucky]

As somebody who grew up dirt fucking poor, this is truth. I've pissed away a shit load of money because I never had anything and as soon as I made my own money I spent it on shit I always wanted. Never was taught to manage money, have had to learn on my own by trial and error. I'm not surprised a lot of these athletes go broke, as I'm sure I'm smarter than most of them.

We grew up poor too. Watching my parents sacrifice and make dew helped me learn the value of a dollar. I believe you and what you are saying, but I guess it's just different with each individual and household.

But just for Warner. I'm going to refrain from making any TO judgements until we have more info from verifiable, reliable, sources.

[RosettaStoned]

We grew up poor too. Watching my parents sacrifice and make dew helped me learn the value of a dollar. I believe you and what you are saying, but I guess it's just different with each individual and household.

But just for Warner. I'm going to refrain from making any TO judgements until we have more info from verifiable, reliable, sources.

My parents didn't sacrifice shit. They weren't around. I didn't meet my father until I was 22. My step father was a meth addict, and we were homeless for a time when I was a child.

When I say poor I mean I went without food more times than I can count.

[bucky]

My parents didn't sacrifice shit. They weren't around. I didn't meet my father until I was 22. My step father was a meth addict, and we were homeless for a time when I was a child.

When I say poor I mean I went without food more times than I can count.

Sorry to hear. We were poverty, but both my parents were around. I would notice my Dad and Mom not eating at times, but us kids always had something. Parenting is probably the big difference here. We didn't have much, but we were better off than a lot of others.

Hope your medical stuff is still looking better.