Bankrupt Before He Got Paid?

How in the world does it come to this?  A few years ago, Vince Young signed a contract coming out of college as the third overall pick in the NFL draft and received guaranteed money of $26 million.  MILLION, not $26,000, million.  He just declared bankruptcy.

How does someone spend that kind of money?

According to one report, in at least once case, he spent $6000 at a TGI Fridays.  Why?  Let me help you out Vince, the food and flair aren't even that good.

Other accounts have him spending $5000 a week at The Cheesecake Factory.  You want to guess what my annual budget is for dining out?  You're not too far from that number, but I have a family of six.

The point of this rant is in a few months we will have another group of guys coming out of college, ready to take on opposing linebackers (or quarterbacks), but who are more interested in showing their manhood, than in their mental toughness.

In a recent radio report I heard, the reason why Josh Brent did not use the NFL's car service to get home was a source of pride.  He wanted to show he could handle his liquor.  Bad news Josh, you are human and like everyone else, the liquor handled you.  Especially when you consider toxicology reports indicate you probably had the equivalent of seventeen drinks that night.

What is sad is not the bankruptcy itself.  Lots of people have financial issues, but perhaps the issue is society's bankrupt nature: where we judge people by what they have instead of what they give.  Maybe, Mr. Young was bankrupt before he ever got paid?  Either way it is a sad end to what should have been a positive story.