Friday, January 4, 2013
YouTube Friday: ESPN Films 30 for 30: Broke- Keeping up with the Joneses
Today's edition of YouTube Friday is from ESPN's account. It's part of their popular 30 for 30 documentary series. This is one of the docs that I particularly like (the others are about Southern Methodist University in the '80s and the late Ben "Benji" Wilson, the top basketball player in the city of Chicago in the early-mid '80s). It's about some of these athletes who get a whole bunch of money out of High School or College to play a professional sport, and end up broke after leaving the sport they are playing due to injury or other circumstances. They end up spending the money they earn on their families (houses or cars for parents, top line items for themselves, etc), spending lavish amounts at nightclubs, or losing money on business ventures that don't pan out (there was an athlete that actually invested in car washes!). I hope you all have a chance to watch this documentary.
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