Charles Godfrey has $125,000 worth of watches stolen

[jtnc]

A nice wall hanging, a good book, a new video game or a 50 inch HDTV set...these things are examples of "little gifts".

Two watches costing $125,000 is a tad beyond "a little gift".

You're comparing the average Joe to a millionaire....

[TheRed]

Like athletes are the only wealthy people to spend large quantities of money on silly things.

[CRA]

Guy buys a little gift for himself and the huddle labels him an idiot. people get fined for this much playing the game. 125k to these guys isnt the same as it is to us,cut him a break.

These guys don't earn like normal folks....most people earn more and more as they age/advance.

Guys like Godfrey don't. They have a small window of distorted earning....and 125k on watches is an example of why so many professional athletes go broke.

Vince Young just filed for bankruptcy the other day and his rookie deal alone had 25 mill guaranteed. Godfrey isn't even on that tier. He will make less than Young.

[CRA]

You're comparing the average Joe to a millionaire....

and if you look at the NFL....majority of these millionaires aren't shorty after they finish there career at a very young age.

[Mr. Scot]

You're comparing the average Joe to a millionaire....

 

A millionaire who lost his starting job and probably isn't getting it back...

 

A millionaire who might not even get to keep his roster spot next season...

 

A millionaire who's far from a superstar player in a job market that's often unkind to players who miss time with injuries...

 

A millionaire whose future income isn't guaranteed beyond this year...

 

A millionaire whose livelihood is based on physical ability, but who blew his knee out last season...

 

A millionaire who might well be unemployed sometime soon...

 

Vince Young was a millionaire too.  And this particular millionaire took out a loan of $300,000 last February just to throw a party, a party.  But it's okay for him to blow through money because he's a "millionaire", right?

 

Well actually, not anymore.  Young just declared bankruptcy.

 

The whole "hey, I'm a millionaire now" mindset is why half of these guys end up broke shortly after their careers end.  They spend money on stupid crap like this because they think the gravy train is gonna last forever.  Than a few years later they're a sad news story at the bottom of the sports page.

 

But hey, spending the rest of your life in squalor is worth it if you got to wear expensive watches for a couple of years, right? :unsure:

[TheRed]

Ehhhhhhh, I'd hardly start comparing Godfrey to Vince Young on the finances front.

[Zod]

Bill Gates owns a timex.

[Mr. Scot]

Ehhhhhhh, I'd hardly start comparing Godfrey to Vince Young on the finances front.

 

Spending $125,000 for two watches, and this by a guy who might not have a roster spot next season, doesn't exactly say "sound financial planning" to me.

 

[TheRumGone]

I try not to judge the way someone spends their hard earned money when I have no idea what their bank acct looks like. Maybe he has stocks and bonds and poo. And this is just a splash spend. We have no idea

[Zod]

wtf is that in your avatar mr scot

[CRA]

78% of NFL players are bankrupt or under financial stress 2 years after they hang up there cleats.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1153364

That means most Panthers....most Steelers....most everybody

[Mr. Scot]

wtf is that in your avatar mr scot

 

A hog molly with a Panthers logo.

 

 

(that part was photoshopped in) :unsure:

[nitroblast]

Seems like the police report was filed by someone claiming to be Godfrey.

 

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/23/agent-police-report-regarding-charles-godfreys-stolen-watches-is-false/

[rayzor]

78% of NFL players are bankrupt or under financial stress 2 years after they hang up there cleats.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1153364

That means most Panthers....most Steelers....most everybody

 

you know why?

 

poo like spending $125k on two watches.