The 30 for 30 series on ESPN is starting back up tonight with the episode "Broke" basically about athletes who blew threw all their money. First take had Antoine Walker on today and he talked about how he blew threw his $110 million insisting it was through real estate and the economic crash back in 2007 and not gambling which is laughable imo. Anyone planning on watching the episode tonight?

DVR set

 

Originally Posted by KillerFost

First take had Antoine Walker on today and he talked about how he blew threw his $110 million insisting it was through real estate and the economic crash back in 2007 and not gambling which is laughable imo. Anyone planning on watching the episode tonight?

It's laughable that a rich man would make bad real estate investments?

But gambling makes perfect sense. Way to fit a story into your preconceived notions of how people spend their money.

 

Originally Posted by Niceguy

It's laughable that a rich man would make bad real estate investments?

But gambling makes perfect sense. Way to fit a story into your preconceived notions of how people spend their money.

why is an NBA player starting a real estate company? he gambled his money away hes trying to cover it up by saying it was real estate investments and no this is not a race issue he has no experience in real estate he should not be making real estate investments. im sure he took advice from friends and not from the experts which he could afford. of course im sure he lost some money through some bad investments but im sure you can find more articles on his gambling problem than about his real estate problem. im just not buying it sorry bro!

 

Originally Posted by Niceguy

It's laughable that a rich man would make bad real estate investments?

But gambling makes perfect sense. Way to fit a story into your preconceived notions of how people spend their money.

It is well known that Antoine Walker had a gambling problem, and also was well known in high stakes poker games...dumbass

 

Originally Posted by Admiral

Sean Salisbury is in it.

and he brought 20-40 people with him to every game. same with iverson never packing a bag for road trips. he would just go shopping in every city then leave his clothes in the hotel. rinse and repeat
really makes no sense

pretty sad that someone didn't smack either of the 2

these threads are always filled with a bunch of jealous/racist bitches. Yeah they went broke, but at least they had money and went out with a bang, living the dream. All you haters working ur little shit jobs think u r so damn special cuz u got a few k in your savings account, a good credit score and a car in the driveway. But is that really living? U ain't shit motherfuckers. Toine is the man. Haters gonna fuckin hate.

Lol you just knew Oh Rale Would show up in this thread. Guy hasnt posted in weeks yet showed up here

 

Originally Posted by AMARTIN1181

these threads are always filled with a bunch of jealous/racist bitches. Yeah they went broke, but at least they had money and went out with a bang, living the dream. All you haters working ur little shit jobs think u r so damn special cuz u got a few k in your savings account, a good credit score and a car in the driveway. But is that really living? U ain't shit motherfuckers. Toine is the man. Haters gonna fuckin hate.

looool insert Antione Walker shimmy gif and this is perfect

 

Originally Posted by FenwayKing

the gleeful schadenfreude of white people when they hear about black athletes going broke is pretty absurd

I really never understood this.

I always love that people without money, always claim they would be way smarter with money then rich people. Its easy to say that when you never had 20M sittin in the bank and bitches wanting to suck your dick ever 5 minutes.

 

Originally Posted by LVpokerdealer

So how should people feel? Sympathetic? They're idiots.

No they're just human. And i've read your posts for years you are in no position to call anyone an idiot. Just yesterday you posted that mike vick was the 5th best quarterback in the NFL.

 

Originally Posted by Jaybone2315

I always love that people without money, always claim they would be way smarter with money then rich people. Its easy to say that when you never had 20M sittin in the bank and bitches wanting to suck your dick ever 5 minutes.

precisely. They are so damn smart but they work some shit job makin 35k a year and think they're hot shit cuz they can afford a 10 year old toyota and a fucking apartment in hte nic part of town, maybe they go out to a nice meal a few times a month. That ain't livin, bruh. EITHER LET ME SHINE OR GIVE ME DEATH.



nba and ncaa champ... fuck have u bitch ass neeegahhhhs ever done?



point forward when lebron was gettin handjobs from his high school sweetheart

 

Originally Posted by LVpokerdealer

So how should people feel? Sympathetic? They're idiots.

I don't feel sympathetic towards them (although I do think it sucks that they probably never had anyone in their lives who would've taught them how to handle money/success) but I don't take pleasure in them losing their money either. And what is particularly disturbing is the undercurrent of racism that is inherent in it, like I said before.

And before you try to paint it with a broad brush, I'm not saying you're a racist or KillerFost is a racist (although we know Oh Rale is), but the schadenfreude so many people display in these situations has a somewhat race-based tone to it.

Also what Jaybone said is so true---even a little bit of money is going to change people, let alone 50 million when you're 19 years old after scraping by your entire life with next to nothing. Why do so many lottery winners (or even poker players with one big score) go broke? It's the same thing.

 

Originally Posted by phish42O

Dude, on 20m you can spend 4k a day and live off the interest. Fairly certain it's not too hard to ball on 4k a day.

Wow, I want to be able to make this kind of interest.

 

Originally Posted by phish42O

Dude, on 20m you can spend 4k a day and live off the interest. Fairly certain it's not too hard to ball on 4k a day.

Hell, you could even splurge and spend 5k on somedays and never go broke over the course of a few millennia.

Antoine walker is a rahtard.

I would follow Allen iverson into combat.

yea.. cause when you got 20M in the bank youre like, "I can only spend $4K today." These guys go nuts cause they have no one to guide them otherwise.

Plus, they get blinded by the fact that money is still rolling in and probably think it wont stop.

Dont get me wrong, i dont feel sorry for these guys. But im smart enough to understand why it happens in some cases and why it doesnt in others. This makes me think of Alfred Morris from the Redskins. This is what he still drives becuase he knows his contract isnt guaranteed:



Smart guys like this probably wont go broke.