athletes go broke, because their careers are so short, yet they spend like the money will always be coming in. Buying 3-4 houses, boats, cars that depreciate and all that other dumb nikka ish, entertainers go broke less than athletes all they have to do is star in another movie, push out another cd, tour.
when you are retired as a athlete if you don't get a analyst gig, or a gm gig, your stuck end up like bm ass jason caffey
Caffey was jailed this year in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and is facing an arrest warrant in Georgia, both stemming from back child-support issues.
He has fathered eight children with seven women.
More than half of Caffey's reported monthly income of $7,000 goes to alimony and child support, according to the story.
"Who wouldn't have trouble with that after retiring five years ago?" Caffey said.
Caffey signed a $35 million contract with the Warriors after the 1997-'98 season, which he spent with the Chicago Bulls.
But Caffey said his career ended with three years left on the deal, worth $12 million, and that after taxes the deal was really worth $17 million. He said his former wife, who divorced him in 2006, got half his money.
A lawyer who is defending Caffey in a Georgia child-support case, Jim Altman, said Caffey's obligation of $4,250 a month was not in line with what he is making now.
"As an NBA basketball star, he was making millions of dollars," Altman told the Press-Register. "It kind of goes to show how the system fails people like Jason."