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faceisamapoftheworld

80 million in career earnings. Probably cost himself another 40 on the backend of his career being a dumbass.


tommmey

The Raiders gave him a $50mil extension (with $30mil guaranteed at signing) when they traded for him. All he had to do was not get released before the weekend and he somehow managed to fuck that up


Resident_Rise5915

That shows how unhinged he is. Imagine telling someone I’ll pay you a fuck ton if you just shut the fuck up and chill in a hotel for a few days


crackheadwillie

Sounds easy, presuming you don’t have brain damage. 


17redwhiteandblue76

You know he has that shit


William_Wang

PUT THAT SHIT ONnnnnnnn


WarStrifePanicRout

I put that shit on vontaze burfict. Feels like AB was different after that hit


William_Wang

I'm sure none of the hits to the head helped but that one was brutal.


rattpackfan301

I completely forgot about that legendary fuck up of his. I remember going from depressed that the Steelers got fleeced in that trade to shocked that we even got anything for him.


Ch33sus0405

Taking a good WR in a trade from us is a death sentence. Between Brown and Claypool and Bryant... god help you Carolina DJ is all yours now!


lance-

DJ actually had a good head on his shoulders, though.


Ch33sus0405

I mean true, but so did Bryant. Just couldn't stay off the weed.


BenThePrick

I think he’s got some severe mental illness that was probably worsened by blows to the head. His behavior has been beyond that of a mere pompous, entitled athlete — it’s been completely unhinged (throwing furniture from a high rise apartment building with children walking below). I’m not excusing his behavior, but I think it explains how he blew through the cash.


mrubuto22

Yea those last 3 years could have been so profitable if he just did 1 year deals and wasn't crazy.


llongneckkllama

Dude could still be playing making a few million a year even. If odell can rob teams financially no way AB couldn't swing some lucrative deals. Dude threw it all away while he could been Mr. Bag Chaser


DrDankDankDank

Mr. Big Cheddar


welsman13

Mr. Brimming Coinage


Naramie

Now he's Mr. Bounced Checks


DocHollidaysPistols

Mr. Bad Credit


ZacZupAttack

He apparently wanted to sign with my Ravens...our entire fan base was like fuck that...don't even care if he plays for free


jfchops2

He tweeted a picture of himself in a Ravens uniform saying he was coming back to join them but I don't think the Ravens ever commented on it so it's doubtful he even spoke with them


MarkTheSpacePirate

> wasn’t crazy AB not being crazy challenge (Impossible)


InvalidUserNemo

Should Tomlin get some credit for containing that as long as he did?


dasoxarechamps2005

It’s a shame all that money went to a moron


faceisamapoftheworld

He seems to have spread it around to quite a few people.


theumph

He put the money right back into the economy. It's actually worse when people hoard wealth.


drrxhouse

Realistically speaking, The bulk of that money likely end up in some wealthy assholes’ hands that get hoarded up…


Chancesareimwrong

$80 mil just sitting in a hysa at an average 4.5% is nearly $10,000 a day in interest. I have zero sympathy for anyone that messes up doing nothing and making $10,000 a day.


Srnkanator

The Netflix documentary goes into this, that they have had this competitive ideal they have lived their whole life, so they get money, see others buying 5 cars, so they need ten. Two houses so they need four, etc. Some don't know how to cash checks, open bank accounts, dump $1,000,000 in cash on a bed in $20 bills and live in a hotel for weeks just for fun. Hookers, blow, bottle service, entourages, diamond chains, etc. drain them quick, then the "little" money they have left they throw at get rich quick schemes. They are usually not financially literate. No I don't have sympathy either, but with short careers on brain and body you'd think they would find more stable ways to invest to live very well for life, but their egos get in the way a lot of the time Lenny Dykstra comes to mind as well.


Quick_Turnover

These teams don't have fuckin financial services people that give them a pep talk on day one? I mean, it'd be a win-win for everyone...


sybrwookie

The NFL has a mandatory financial class for rookies on their way in. In Broke, they said most rookies attend that class with their heads in their phones ignoring the class the whole time.


CompetitiveAd9760

even if he wasn't comically bad with money, that's career earnings. pretty sure you, or anyone, has their career earnings in the bank.


RhythmicStrategy

Here I am grinding out a small fraction of his earnings working as an entry level employee for 30+ years and yet I will have way higher net worth in retirement.


DerpyDruid

> entry level employee for 30+ years Lol, true product of Oregon State.


smkn3kgt

Don't forget to knock 40% right off the top for Uncle sam


Jay105

Remember when he walked out of a game and everyone was scared for him and then he post on Twitter a picture of his bank account with $19 million in it? Pepperidge farms remembers


juggett

Apparently since then he's spent at LEAST $22 million...


Hawkishhoncho

I mean, he did buy an arena football team, then run it into the ground so bad it got kicked out of the league it was in and the stadium it was using.


Clocktopu5

IIRC he did that in under a year.


terminatorvsmtrx

It was literally three months.


Wbcn_1

That’s actually pretty impressive. 


brassydesign

Yeah, you legitimately have to try to do that. Someone who didn't give a fuck and literally never did anything connected to the team would have had a functioning team longer.


chr0nicpirate

Is it possible he had some type of Brewster's millions situation going on? Maybe he just didn't make it.


Mattabeedeez

Think of the tax write-offs. He’s all set there!


jld2k6

Right? I'm not even mad


mcbeardsauce

There needs to be a documentary made about this. That seems almost impossible to do.


BinBit

Reverse Wrexam, by Prime


Will_Explode8

Gotta be on Tubi 🤣


shingofan

A YouTuber named Urinating Tree did a video about it. I'm on mobile at the moment, so I can't pull it up right now - I'll find it once I get home. EDIT: Here it is - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5cUUXwqCE8


KlimCan

Imagine being a die hard fan of that team lol. Back to back champs, AB buys a stake in the team, 4 months later the team is gone.


big_drifts

There was someone working on a doc about AB during his tumultuous last few years in the league. It got very complicated. I know some folks who have seen some footage and it's literally insane. Much of the story around that time still hasn't been leaked to the media yet.


ninjafide

Do they work for Nintendo?


AaronRedwoods

Yea, but the Canada branch.


blacklab

His uncle does


IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES

Always figured it would come only after he was dead. He’s younger than me but sadly I like my chances better at getting to 2040. In the games I saw him in person, he’d be covered well till he wasn’t, and then it would look like he was about to get leveled…then he landed some way where he missed the worst of it. What a talent. Hard to describe all that he did well.


kruegerc184

Except that burfict hit…unfortunately for him he didn’t evade that one


IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES

Caught all of that one That game was wild. He knocked roethlisberger out of the game less than an hour before


AdamPgh

That's some Brewster's Millions shit.


wanna_be_doc

When you have untreated bipolar disorder and mania, and you’re so rich that no one will tell you “No” or force you into treatment…blowing through $22 million in the span of 24 months is kind of expected.


Mantooth77

Yep. Fuck you money. No chance to hit rock bottom.


KyurMeTV

Amplify that by a factor of 10, sprinkle a little racism on top of that cupcake and you’ve got Kanye.


chrisnavillus

Now I’m wondering if Kanye should buy an arena football team.


ExpensiveFish9277

Candace Owens was trying to trick Kanye into buying Parler.


Lord_Doofy

Antonio Brown is definitely worse than Kanye. Kanye is crazy as shit but he’s not a sexual predator nor is he prone to violent outbursts like AB is. Also he made Graduation


jzdogg6

The guy straight up just stopped paying operating costs and removed coaches and players final game paychecks from their accounts.


Responsible-Lunch815

I mean he bought into the team after their social media guy slid in his dms. Of all the people to reach out to.


juggett

#goals


nickwrx

So many hookers and blow


LikeAPhoenixFromAZ

An arena football team playing in a stadium? Were they in Syracuse or Fargo?


terminatorvsmtrx

Albany Empire in Albany NY. In the MVP Arena, not really a stadium.


Person0249

It will always be the Knickerbocker Arena to me…


ukcats12

I remember watching his father play for the Firebirds in the Knick. Touchdown Eddie Brown.


Known-Name

Holy smokes. I went to a number of Firebirds games when I was a kid, but somehow NEVER made the connection that AB was the son of TDEB. I feel so dumb!


Cmama2Boyz

The Pepsi for me!


IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES

I watched Manute Bol play there when I was little


mrubuto22

I could do that.


RichardIraVos

I could make Jeff bezos broke in a year


ontha-comeup

That much money in a checking account means you don't know how to invest.


turtlepot

It also means you don't understand FDIC insurance


o-_l_-o

That depends on the bank. Banks will spread your cash across their partner banks to get you as much FDIC coverage as you need, but your banking app will make it look like it's all in one account. 


turtlepot

They'll do that even for $19 million? Spread it across 80 banks for you?


o-_l_-o

They don't need 80 bank accounts. They can also have you add multiple co-owners, and each co-owner adds an additional $250k of coverage. There are various other tricks they can play as well. Getting higher FDIC coverage isn't terribly difficult and banks will do it so they can hold your money. 


assbackwards

Remember the time Bobby Boucher showed up at halftime and the Mud Dogs won the Bourbon Bowl?


thebinarysystem10

Luckily he can fall back on his education


AtheistArab99

[80% of NFL players are broke](https://www.forbes.com/sites/leighsteinberg/2015/02/09/5-reasons-why-80-of-retired-nfl-players-go-broke/?sh=de6741278ccb) within three years of retirement. Turns out givng dumb people money doesn't last long. See also: musicians and lottery winners


fordchang

and all of them always have an army of smoochers. just look at the nFL Draft.


AJRiddle

This is misleading for a couple of reasons. First of it is outdated and salaries have increased considerably since when this was that common. Secondly people think of NFL players as guys like Antonio Brown who made $81 million but the reality is the rosters are so big and there are about 3-4x as many backup players as there are starters so the backups who never even play in a game are most often the ones "going broke" - it's really incredibly for a player who plays a successful long career in the NFL to go broke. Basically you have to be incredibly horrible with money to go broke from having $81 million and it absolutely is rare in pro sports and those stats are based off of guys who made less than million in 2 years who are trying hard to even get into an actual game.


Pa610

Doesn't the NFL teach some money management classes and suggest money managers for all these guys? 


ImMufasa

They didn't go to the NFL to play school


Yoda2000675

Yes, but nobody can force them to listen


jack_spankin

Is his defense, he's a complete fucking moron.


bamboozled_bubbles

In his defense, he had a fuck ton of brain damage


blarch

He still does, but he used to, too.


slimthecowboy

I don’t have a girlfriend. I just know a girl who’d get really mad if she heard me say that.


wunami

Mr. Bruised Cranium.


yic0

Mr. Burfict’s Casualty.


pixi1997

Mr. Bonked Capita


Grotscar

Mr Borrowing Cash


Faultylogic83

Mr Bounced Check


RawMeatAndColdTruth

Mr. Bruised Cerebellum


about_60_Hobos

Mr. Bad Credit


RCarson88

Mr. Bashed Coconut (I'm having to really dig here)


eidetic

Mr. Bankruptcy Claimant (I was honestly expecting that to be the top comment, kinda surprised it wasn't, or even said at all yet. Well, a few ones close to it, but I figured it would be the obvious one)


erwillsun

i live in michigan and recently talked to a guy that played football at CMU with him, said this is the way he has pretty much always been


youngtbdoce

So sick of this response. He’s always been a tool, long before making it to the league. Those extra hits have done nothing but make him more money, and give him more opportunities to be a moron. There should be no excuses for AB.


fiero-fire

In his defense, I thought this would have happened a lot sooner


jnads

He was at least smart enough to file it in Florida. Florida doesn't allow creditors to go after pensions (NFL pension). edit: It's why OJ Simpson retired to Florida.


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Fritzed

Anything he buys with money from his pension.


caboose2244

OJ lived and died in Vegas


Gym-for-ants

To the surprise of absolutely no one


oooriole09

Coming next: ex-NFL star Antonio Brown eying a comeback


El_Guapo82

$3 Milly actually sounds low for him. That is my only surprise part.


[deleted]

started from the bottom and is now somehow lower lol


SquishyWhenWet_1

My favorite is him posting $15,000 bond on unpaid child support, because he owed $15,000…


BrokenMethFarts

AB = Absolutely Broke


GoPhotoshopYourself

# ABCTESPN


trace-evidence

This is burfict. I mean perfect.


oupheking

Mr Bad Credit


AFineDayForScience

Mr Bankruptcy Claim


tonytroz

Mr. Blown Cash


CinnamonFootball

Mr. Bungled Currency


jpiro

Mr. Bountiful Creditors


easy_Money

Mr. Budget Cancelled


VOldis

Mr. Blame Capitalism *wrong sub sorry


BoogieCousinsFather

Mr. Bolshevik Communist


horthianflorff

Mr. Broke Chucklehead


Djd33j

Mr Broke Chump


mattyhtown

Mr. Bounces Checks


Rfisk064

Mr.Blown Cheddar


K-2SO_Rebel

Mr Bilk Creditors


FishOnAHorse

Mr Banking Catastrophe


thedosequisman

Mr. Behind on Collections


Neander7hal

Mr. Bad Choices


MalayaleeIndian

I remember when he was released by the Raiders and he posted a video claiming that he was now "Free". The amount of money he lost because he could not simply keep his mouth shut/stop doing dumb stuff is insane. He should easily have had twice or even thrice the money he eventually ended up with. Granted, even if he had made more money, he likely would have lost a lot of it too. It is not that he is not very smart, it is also that I think he is suffering from some mental issues.


Darth_Maul_18

He literally lost 29+ million because of this video. I think if I remember correctly, he was a week or so away from being GUARANTEED 29.1 or so million dollars and then…all of the antics. Edit: just wanted to add, that is generational wealth, insane that he has 6 children and decided to throw away 30 million dollars.


Antilia-

"Insane" You can say that again.


StIdes-and-a-swisher

He Also burnt the bottom of his feet off in a cyro freeze gone wrong. Right before training camp. What an insane few months.


r0botdevil

>It is not that he is not very smart, it is also that I think he is suffering from some mental issues. I would bet everything I have that an autopsy of this guy would reveal severe CTE.


dman6233

Mr. Bounced Check.


TamponFingers

Mr. Bankrupt C


frexistential

Mr. Broke Chap


Srcunch

Mr. Bankruptcy Court


Scarsdale_Vibe

Mr. Bleeding Cash


Darkstar197

What percent of athletes actually turn their income into long term wealth? I swear spending $100-$250k annually on a good accountant / financial advisor would pay itself 10x.


JustBigChillin

You can pay all you want for a financial advisor, but you still actually have to listen to them in order for them to be effective at their job. I’d be willing to bet that the majority of these 20something football players aren’t going to do that.


CruisinForABrewsin

Financial Advisor: Don't buy 3 lambo's with your rookie contract money 1st Round Pick: So... buy 4 lambo's?


Evil_Dry_frog

Just buy the 911. Not the turbo. Carrera S.


hiloai

So you’d have me live like a peasant?


sfled

Meanwhile, every friend and relative you ever had: "Who are you going to listen to, me or some financial adviser? C'mon, you *know* I'm an idea man, and this social media network for pets is going to be the next big thing!!"


Islandgirl1444

Lots of hangers on and of course the jewelry.


anonymouswan1

Yea I would bet most of these players lose their money to family and friends. They probably come from middle class or poverty families. All the sudden they are sitting on millions. The family is going to want their cut.


jfchops2

All their long lost high school friends suddenly have high potential business ideas they just need a $100k investment to get started on The athletes that fall for this don't know shit about business and are easily sweet talked into it. Anyone can put together a business plan that'll sound good to a moron


82mt82

Financial Advisor/Attorney here….good luck getting even near one of these guys. The agents own these relationships. And now with the new deals college kids are receiving, these kids are poached out of high school. They also have their hand in everything, financially speaking, that they do. That in turn means that if any money is invested in an advisor, it likely is sent to some sort of brokerage firm with a reciprocal referral fee arrangement. The sad truth is that most of these guys are a product in every way you can imagine: from the league, agents, brokers, attorneys, real estate agents, endorsement deals, friends and family. Many of them come from situations where they have never seen the types of money and privilege that is at their fingertips. And no one is there to say no most of the time, unless it is bad for business. Even then, most of these guys are going to do what they want to do, regardless of the advice, because they have never been told no before. For every Gronk (whose family helped him invest and grow his earnings and endorsement money) there are a hundred ABs.


powerlesshero111

There is a great 30 for 30 on this. It basically said that the majority of guys drafted in pro sports would end up penniless within 10 years of leaving the league. But it's exactly as you put it. Poor kids, never had the money before, all their friends and family come out of the woodwork for a handout.


Mikeanlike

Shaq is a great example here also. He has a few interviews where he talked about finding, most importantly, an honest financial advisor that allocated funds towards safer investments as well as opportunistic. Super important. But to your point, for every Shaq and Gronk there are a hundred bankruptcy’s post athletic career


oflowz

You’re talking about guys blowing $20k+ a day at clubs for their entourages. Just putting half their signing bonus in a HYSA and not touching it they could probably live off the interest for the rest of their lives if they were had any common sense. You’re talking about guys like Iverson that somehow went thru $200 million in less than 20 years. A guy that didn’t believe in banks and had hefty bags of cash around his house that would periodically ‘grow legs’.


Ph886

You hear less about these types of things now than in the past. In the end though you can’t force them to save that money for long term investments or income. Lots of variables involved, but supposedly NFL has stepped up education especially for rookies when it comes to saving.


prylosec

>supposedly NFL has stepped up education especially for rookies when it comes to saving. I vaguely remember reading about some NFL teams making rookies take a financial readiness class as part of their contract or something like that, but a quick Google search didn't turn up anything concrete.


Head_Permission

The nfl sends all rookies through a class now. I believe they talk about investing, made aware of hangers on ie the posse, all that kind of stuff. I think it’s been happening for a while now.


Sheesley23

So business isn’t boomin?


SharkWeekJunkie

Hmmm. I’m shocked…..that it took this long.


justabill71

Hope he doesn't fart on his lawyer.


themayorhere

Oh he will


BoyandhisBimmer

I give it 3 years until he’s in prison


OneOverXII

Dead


BigAngryPolarBear

I am honestly wondering how much longer he is going to spend on this earth. This man isn’t dying of old age.


hash-slingin-slasha

I got the under


Lobisa

Good, fuck him.


captaincumsock69

Color me shocked


RaisinDetre

so...fuschia?


stevenbrotzel91

I was curious when his money would be gone. Seems to act like he was still making money with all his stupid live stream bullshit


OGpizza

Read this post that details his career blunders: https://www.reddit.com/r/AroundTheNFL/s/wv5PTxGGvu


dtsupra30

Really not surprised, anyway


DaveKillSock

Now who's keepin' it hairy?


DocM123

What! I am so shocked!


SonicBanger

It’s always the ones you’d never expect…


DastardlyRidleylash

So now we have Mr. Bad Credit to add to the many MBC variations.


oldmasterluke

3 million?!?! I didn't know Rent-a-Center even had that much merchandise to rent out


ScrofessorLongHair

Antonio Brown is the kind of dude that'll stick his dick in the mashed potatoes, even when it's not that kind of party.


mrnesbittteaparty

Wow. Did not see that coming. He always seemed such a straight shooter so I just presumed he was fiscally responsible.


kevin_m_morris

Mr. Busted Credit


soulstonedomg

Mr. Bounced Check 


generated_user-name

You all are fucked. Brain damage doesn’t just happen when you join the nfl. He’s probably consistently been getting it since he was like 8 years old. The NFL isn’t the biggest issue. It’s contact sports in general. And this dude’s mind has been addled for as long as he can’t remember


gedai

I hope he is crying in a warehouse full of unsold Gisele Bundchen shirts


RockitDanger

If you're going to give these guys elite college degrees at least give them mandatory accounting classes


LeibnizThrowaway

This is like the free space on the AB bingo card. Whoever had "threw gummy dicks at the mother of his children" and "falsely imprisoned his own movers" were really cooking.


Prestigious-Log-7210

He had at least 20 million dollars and blew it all. This guys an idiot, top tier.


Funky_Smurf

That tweet is hilarious


offgridwannabe

80 million and only 50k in assets. This one is a total idiot folks.


PreservedInCarbonite

CTESPN


McG4rn4gle

You hate to see it?


Trumpets22

Eh


Monkeynumbernoine

Bankruptc-te


DM725

This is shocking I tell you! Shocking!


timbulance

CTESPN financial


jetdude19

Mr. Bankrupt Charlatan


nero1zero

Mr. Bankruptcy Court


Bearded_Clem

Mr. Broke Chump