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[QUOTE="Rocco, post: 902599, member: 51"]
I can actually speak on this subject as an investment guy; it is impossible to get many of these athletes to remain committed to a financial plan.  "My buddy has this great opportunity.../I have to get in on this deal.../I'll put all the money back once this other thing works out..." are just a few examples some of these guys say.  Next thing you know, they have NOTHING to show for it.  Being a [I]semi-successful[/I] professional athlete allows you to take care of your kids' kids for years to come... if you play your cards right.  It also opens up the doors to a lucrative analyst career afterwards (see Ray Lewis, Mike Strahan, Terry Bradshaw, etc).  You can still party and have fun, just not in an egregious manner like VY and Mike Tyson. 
 
We don't even bother with athletes anymore, it is way too skewed to actually find any of them that turn out to be good clients.  Their agents make all of their investment decisions and most of the guys are jackasses.  We had quite a few of them down in DC for awhile and the same 'ol story happened with all of them.
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