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Originally Posted by Schneed10
I echo the sentiments that you have to be a moron to lose this much money.
I don't know about the rest of you guys but we covered basic budgeting and the differences between savings accounts, bonds, stocks, mutual funds, all that stuff in high school.
Every adult should know there are safe vehicles to park your money. Once you've "made it", where someone has given you millions to sign a contract to play football, you should be looking to protect that nest egg, not put it at risk.
Assessing risk is just a matter of basic common sense. Sure it happens to veterans and rookies alike but I still think you have to be an idiot to let it happen to you.
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I'm guessing that you come from a background different from Portis. It's easy for YOU to say this when you grew up on a different side of the railroads tracks then a lot of these guys. You can't put yourself in someone's shoes until you're actually in them.
I'm guessing you don't think Joe Gibbs is an idiot but he put himself and his family in a terrible situation as well.