22. $2.9MM/5.6 Seasons $3.4MM/4.7 Seasons $1.8MM/3.5 Seasons $2.1MM/5.5 Seasons
Within 3.5 years of post-retirement almost 50% of NBA
and NFL players are under financial duress.
23. Variable Variable Variable Variable
Pay-for-Performance professional are only as good as
their last competition. There are no guarantees.
24. Planning for the future is not the current focus, playing
the game is…
31. 10 9 8 7 6
John Arne Riis Kenny Anderson Scotty Pippen Mushin Muhammad Marion Jones
ELTE: $20MM ELTE: $60MM ELTE: $120MM ELTE: $20MM ELTE: $20MM
Bankruptcy: 2007 Bankruptcy: 2005 Seeking Employment Selling home on eBay Incarcerated: 2007
5 4 3 2 1
Latrell Sprewell Michael Vick Dick “Night Train” Lane George Best Mike Tyson
ELTE: $50MM ELTE: $130MM ELTE: $5MM ELTE: $100MM ELTE: $400MM
Foreclosure: 2008 Bankruptcy: 2008 Died in 2002 broke Drunk and broke Net Worth <$5MM