Vince Young out of the NFL, out of money
 

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-400_162-...-out-of-money/

There's a lot more to it, but a couple excerpts:

Sad. So sad. Such a waste of talent.

He is better than Cassel

Cakn Patna.

he'll commit suicide I bet....Sad and horrible to say but it's most likely what the outcome would be.

I'll bet Cassel doesn't end up broke.

I am not saying he is dumb...

Yeah but so is my 64 year old mother even after her knee replacement but the Chiefs haven't called her either.

Wonderlic was correct Apparantly.....

**** no he won't.Let me find someone stupid enough to give me $60 million and I'll make damn sure to keep it!

Surely he can get a job playing somewhere.....UFL, CFL, Arena League.

There's no reason he can't play in Canada.

LMAO he probably checks his bank account every day in fear it will get taken back.

Good call. I remember that stuff about his wonderlic. 6 or something similar, right?

Don't feel sorry for these idiots one bit. They should have hired Reighters to advise them.

I bet his uncle ****ed him

Vince Young is weird... He had so much heart in college and it's like he lost it all in the NFL. He never looked like he cared in the pros imo.

There are stories out there about him spending like 5k a week at friggin' TGI Fridays, and The Cheesecake Factory. How is that even possible?

There's just no way of knowing with certainty how a 21 year old kid will react once you throw him instant millions. A lot of these guys lose their competitive edge and desire once they have "made it".

Pay him to Nancy Kerrigan Cassel?

I still think that with a good OC, he could be a much better option than Cassel.

Dude should just go to Texas boosters and be like...Yeah I gots you a championship epic style. Gimme a job.

I might take a second to feel bad for him and his wasted ability if I didn't live paycheck to paycheck without ever having had that ability... and never having had a check for millions.

Come on down to the lot and buy a car from VINCE YOUNG!

However bad it is, he's still a lot better off than a lot of people.

How is it that a no-talent ass-clown like Cassel got $60 million for 6 years and someone who actually had talent (but no heart) only got $26 mill for the same time?

You know it's getting bad for Vince Young when he is sarah mclachlan commercial.

Karma is coming for Cassel's millions. He will catch a flesh-eating disease and spend his entire ill-gotten fortune trying to combat it.

And he will fail.

also betting nobody ever says Cassel wasted his talent

stupid people shouldn't breed .....

he can float around Austin getting people to pay for his meals and drinks and get free pussy the rest of his life. piss broke or not, he's still a National Champion. i'd trade in my 9 to 5 to be a free loading champion in a heartbeat.

The ****?

BHIFAL?

Kinda ironic that that looks like "Big Fail" to a dyslexic person...

If I had 26 million to play with, I sure as heck wouldn't be drinking Remy. They make/made a very fine limited edition cognac, but come on. Millionaires drink Hardy or Delamain, for crying out loud. This writer is an embarrassment to elitists everywhere.

As for Vince, it's sad because the league offers these fairly extensive classes to rookies about how to protect their money. Based on his Wonderlic, I guess Vince and class don't mix, though.

I have had the opportunity to meet a couple of guys who manage investments for sports figures and I can certainly understand why some of them go broke. I've mentioned this before, but they were far more interested in where we were going for drinks after the meeting than what the investment was going to accomplish for them. I suppose when it's SEM, it's easy to check your austerity at the door. That part of this is really a shame. Some of these guys really do fall prey to some heartless, selfish bastards.

FAX

I'm pretty sure that I would have done an astounding amount of drugs and wound up dead.

Vince is alive. Could be worse.

Win

Yep. He's probably been surrounded by yes men and asskissers his entire life and just assumed that the good times were always gonna roll and the money would just always appear because he was so talented.

I can't even fathom 26 million. If he's broke after 6 years it's like spending ~$360,000 per month. I don't even know if I could do that even if I tried.

Can't feel sorry for these athletes that go broke...he can blame whoever else he wants but ultimately it was his decisions that led him to where he is.

I don't know ... I hear this a lot. But, you might be surprised (or perhaps not) how easy it is to spend 20 million bucks when you're living large, Mr. PhillyChiefFan.

Let's forget about taxes for a minute ... you can spend 5 to 10 million on a house (easy), 2 million on cars (easy), if you're into jewelry and clothes, you can quickly burn through another million in a couple of shopping trips. Then, there's entertainment and trips and luxuries like chartered air travel, hotel suites for 5 grand a night, and toys of all sorts. Then, there's cocaine. A decent cocaine habit can run a guy many thousands a week keeping himself and his friends so high they have no idea what they're spending.

And, of course, if you happen to have a whack woman around and you give her some credit cards, you can easily and quite rapidly experience the joy of seeing at least half of everything you have zip out the door before you can say, "Why do you need 400 pairs of shoes?" as she enjoys the good life purchasing everything else in sight. I once knew a girl in LA who spent 12 grand on a one-off, designer dress she wore one time. Of course, she had to since all her friends would also be attending the event.

I've known guys who hit the big time and, within a year, lost everything. The way America is set up, they make it very, very easy to spend enormous gobs of cash very quickly.

FAX

Its funny how much they spent at TGI Fridays. WTF????

ROFL

Who could blame him really? That Jack Daniels grill is delicious.

He needs to go to the CFL.

If he has no heart , as some here have stated, why would anyone hire him for a roster spot. Maybe QB coach in TX?

Did this really surprise anyone? Wasn't he the clown that cried when people booed?

ROFL What can I say Mr. FAX? When you're right...you're right. However, I sincerely hope that the girl in LA did not end up becoming the beautiful and witty Mrs. FAX?

I guess most of these guys just think it will last forever. I just can't imagine burning through that much money and not saying "holy hell, I just spent $360 g's in one friggin month!"

I believe so. He also went crackers for a while when he was with the Titans.

6 grand on shit food...what a dumbass

What's next a 5k excursion to Papa Johns?

Well it is good cheesecake.