http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/sports/basketball/06nba.html?ref=sports

An estimated 60 percent of N.B.A. players are broke within five years of retiring, and 78 percent of N.F.L. players are bankrupt or under financial stress because of joblessness or divorce within two years, according to a report by Sports Illustrated in March.

Just goes to show why it pays to live below your means and pay off debt. These people are easily set up to have money for generations to come, and they spend it like there is no tomorrow. Good article though.

I'll take this kind of article anyday. If the worst they can say about us is that 3/5 of our starting line-up has gone back to collge to get their degrees, we're in good shape.

I don't think the article was really about "us" as much as pro ballers in general.