$12 million to the winning team. Win, and get out of debt. Lose, and go back to scraping by trying to play for a team in Turkey.
I like it. I think it would produce some - ahem - SPIRITED competition. Problem is, the winners would likely blow their cash before they got to the bank with the check.
| EAST BROKE STARS | Career Earnings | |
| PG | Anderson, Kenny | $60 million |
| SG | Iverson, Allen | $200 million |
| SF | Walker, Antoine | $110 million |
| PF | Baker, Vin | $86 million |
| C | Coleman, Derrick | $87 million |
| RES | Owens, Terrell | $80 million |
| Coach | Mahorn, Rick | $8 million |
| WEST BROKE STARS | Career Earnings | |
| PG | Robinson, Rumeal | $5 million |
| SG | Rider, Isiah | $26 million |
| SF | Sprewell, Latrelle | $100 million |
| PF | Pippen, Scottie | $120 million |
| C | Kemp, Shawn | $92 million |
| RES | Caffey, Jason | $29 million |
| Coach | Swoopes, Cheryl | $50 million |
Meanwhile, Forbes.com examines just how a guy like Iverson - a MEGA-STAR - with both massive on-court and off-court income, could somehow be so broke before the age of 40.
It's not a new story, athletes going belly up. But it's an instructive one, to say the least.
It reminds me a bit of when Michael Scott "declared" bankruptcy.
My favorite line in the article "the Forbes education writer in me can’t help but place at least some responsibility for his financial mess on the man himself."
ReplyDeleteMakes me think this education writer should go back to school. Some responsibility? Just some? It is an attitude like that that allows athletes to earn a lot of money and blow it again and again and again. Ten years from now this article will be written again with someone else's name in the lead.