And ANOTHER NFL Player Who Serves as a Great Example of Financial Prudence

Is it that we���re so impressed with professional athletes who have such a good financial head on their shoulders because those folks just seem so rare?


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That assessment of their relative numbers may not be accurate, but it does seem that whenever we do hear about pro athletes and money ��� outside of when they sign their enormous contracts ��� it���s not good.


Those that do ���get it��� are absolutely out there, however. We wrote about one, Ryan Broyles, not terribly long ago, and are pleased to highlight another: Nnamdi Asomugha.


Asomugha is actually a former player in the league, having decided to hang up his cleats back in 2013 after 11 seasons. However, his solid financial acumen has been on display both since���and long before���he made the decision to retire.


In a piece over at CNBC, Asomugha talks about the perspective that has kept him balanced, and financially prosperous.


���I was never a big spender. We didn't have much growing up, so I guess I got used it. Even when I was a Pro Bowl player in the NFL, I lived the same way because that's what I knew.���


Simple; but highly effective.


As a matter of fact, Asomugha still has the 1997 Nissan Maxima he received from his brother in high school, and he still drives it.


���That car is the one thing that everyone makes fun of me for. Even after I started earning good money, I was still in the mentality of ���I know this is all I need so I'm doing fine.������


A mentality more of us would do well to embrace.


By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large

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Published on November 01, 2017 08:42
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