Coincidentally, I was watching Stephen A Smith's "Quite Frankly" yesterday and Drew Rosenhaus was on there, Owens' agent. It's funny to listen to these agents talk about their "clients." Their perception of reality (lived by the other 95% of the country) is soooo skewed and they've clearly lost all touch. It's as if they actually have forgotten that the vast, sweeping majority will never make, in an entire lifetime, what one of their clients will make in a single season. He blathers on about how "i'm just trying to protect their future" and "I want these guys to be set up for life AFTER their' career is over." Um, if that's the case, then spend a little less time urging them to hold out and a little more time directing them to financial advisors who could absolutely, without a doubt, make just a single seasons salary stretch a long way, not to mention multi-year payments. What he's really protecting is their absurdly lavish lifestyles. Think back to last year and the absolutely boneheaded, astounding comments Latrell Sprewell made. He needs more than $7 million a year because "he's got a family to feed??" WTF? If you can't feed your family with the $14 million your scheduled to make, then I suggest cutting your grocery list down a little. Oh wait, I mean cut your new-$200,000-car-I-must-have list down.
Anyway, it all comes down to the alternate reality they live in. Another agent on the show brought up the fact that the median income for a family in the US is $35,000 a year...while that's a little off (It's actually a little over $40,000), it's a far cry from what these guys make. Over 12% of the country lives below the poverty level. I bet that 12% just loves cutting on the tv and listening to T.O. state that he's not gonna come to work because $7 million a year just isn't going to get it done. It's a joke. These players and their agents (not all, but a lot) are complete jerks with no concept of how the other half lives.
