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$20k is peanuts for an athlete making millions.
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BULLSHIT
If it was peanuts would’t have Jalen Ramsey offered a box of cracker jacks and a box of Sees brittle? And why didn’t Troy Hill, who makes millions, not ask for a jar of planters instead of accepting Ramsey’s offer if it was proverbially of little or no consequence?
Only examples you can possibly give to back up that statement would be to highlight a few knuckleheads who “make it rain” you know, those new money gangster stereotypes. Maybe VY.... but yeah just a handful of examples starring egomaniacs — totally ignoring the vast majority (like over 95%) who know exactly what 20k means.
To a player making millions that 20k is even more vital.
What i think is funny is when fans look at athletes who get paid millions and sits out - like Ramsey - looking for more money say to themselves “when’s enough enough?”
The answer is it’s never enough.
So I call 1000% bullshit on your comment.
Like the example of my upbringing, I had it barrio style. I didn’t have a dime. I do now and it still keeps me up at night thinking of losing it all. I have to pray hard to set aside those feelings of fear. Just like many of the players who are in the league that have come from nothing. Forgetting where you are from and that you are blessed to be compensated so well for what you love just doesn’t happen. Unless you’re part of that VY make it rain crowd. But look at Antonio Brown - don’t tell me 20k don’t mean nuthin’. Dude’s got both his pads up for sale looking to get liquid fast. As soon as he can jump back in the league he will. Why??? Cause 20k matters. It matters a whole lot to Millionaires. Even more so.
Do the math to see how important 20k is:
$20,000 x50 is 1,000,000
So what you call peanuts 50 times over makes up a million.
The thing any millionaire knows about money is that it all adds up