I don't know if there is a similar topic but I was struck by the parallel between former European players and former American sportsmen.
If from one day to the next you find yourself with a lot of money in your pocket, the best table in the restaurant, in the clubs, the beautiful car, the beautiful house, it's easy to have a host of clients who engage in pests and begin you to flatter.
The problem is that the merry-go-round is golden blade turns fast and the ticket price is very high.
If you think that people like Ronaldinho have come to foreclosures.
I add Cafu.
People who quit a few years ago and who were already part of a football that they played.
It's not just football.
BBC 2013
2009
HOW (AND WHY) ATHLETES GO BROKE
If from one day to the next you find yourself with a lot of money in your pocket, the best table in the restaurant, in the clubs, the beautiful car, the beautiful house, it's easy to have a host of clients who engage in pests and begin you to flatter.
The problem is that the merry-go-round is golden blade turns fast and the ticket price is very high.
If you think that people like Ronaldinho have come to foreclosures.
I add Cafu.
People who quit a few years ago and who were already part of a football that they played.
It's not just football.
Millionaire footballers who lose everything
Former England player Lee Hendrie speaks to BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme about how he went from multi-millionaire to bankrupt
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BBC 2013
How (and Why) Athletes Go Broke
What the hell happened here? Seven floors above the iced-over Dallas North Tollway, Raghib (Rocket) Ismail is revisiting the question. It's December, and
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2009
HOW (AND WHY) ATHLETES GO BROKE