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Old 09-18-2012   #1
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Default Vince Young broke

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Six years after getting $26 million guaranteed, Vince Young is broke http://wp.me/p14QSB-5mRe
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Old 09-18-2012   #2
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You can never have a big enough posse, too much jewelry, or too many rims for your rides.
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Crazy how quickly this dude fell off..
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I can't even feel bad for him, just dumb
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How in the world do you blow 26 million dollars. Dude was set, for life.


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I read that last year during the lockout, he took out some kind of high-interest, high-risk loan and wasn't able to pay it back.

Today, he posted on Twitter that he was moving to Texas. And also something about business opportunities down here. I hope he has a good advisor.
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This doesn't surprise me in the least bit, but he is one of many.
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Not surprising he was always a very talented athlete, but not very smart. I still remember his infamous game winning touchdown against USC in the National Championship Game in 2006. Definitely one of the greatest moments for me as a sports fan. Shame to see one of my favorite Longhorns fall so far.
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How in the world do you blow 26 million dollars. Dude was set, for life.
easy, spend $26 million, like you have $26 Billion


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The league should setup a mandatory trust for these guys and put 10% of their rookie contracts in it at the outset, allowing them to opt-in a larger contribution over time. They might do that already, I don't know. But there's no excuse for these guys growing broke a year after the exit the league. It's ridiculous.
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Here we go again......

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stupid is as stupid does

there is no excuse. None at all.
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He could get a job at UT starting immediately I imagine.
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Greed. Always about greed.

$26 million invested securely would generate probably $200,000 a year income even after taxes. Maybe more. And he was getting his yearly salary as well. Not sure what that was but probably in the area of at least $500,000 a year. If you cannot live on that you are worthless.
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DAE think lyke, we shud totally brin him in???
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