Dallas Cowboy Dez Bryant took his teammates out to dinner and spent over $54,000. How is this actually possible? Some will say what’s the problem it’s his money, and that is true, but somethings need to stay private. We should not have heard about this because it just smacks of Marie Antoinette. Americans are barely making ends meet and the last thing they want to hear about is a 54K resteraunt bill. These same NFL players are facing a lockout next year and they will be trying to illicit sympathy from us and it simply will not be there. We have a Washington Redskin player Allen Haynesworth who has $110 million dollar contract bemoaning the fact that he feels like a “slave.” The last time I read a history book slaves worked for free from birth until death. I know the working span of an athlete is short in duration, but think what you could do with a few million dollars earned over a 3-5 year span. Most of us with a little business savvy would be set for life. So they can spend there money however they like but next year if there is a lockout they will get no sympathy from me I will just find something else to do on a Sunday afternoon and maybe Dez can take his teammates out to a local Wendy’s because the money just might not be flowing like it is this year.
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Maybe I should have written my first reply to this issue in Word so I could just cut ‘n’ paste it whenever the topic comes up. This about the third time I’ve commented on it since the story broke. I love my Cowboys so I heard it back when first hit the wires. EM, you at least acknowledged that it is HIS money, and he can spend it however he likes. We don’t get a vote. Too many people have a “zero sum” approach to the wealthy. If they spend too opulently, in an area that does not jibe with the interests of the less wealthy, it is assumed that that money “could have been used to help xxxx” or “feed xxx number of people.” They never know whether or not he hasn’t already spent TEN TIMES that amount to help the charity of HIS CHOICE. Let’s face it, he’s applied himself and worked hard for YEARS to get to where he is. He hit the lottery and is living his dreams. I pray that he has someone investing his money and making sure that he isn’t a statistic five years from now, getting arrested for selling crack cocaine to an undercover cop because he blew his wealth. As far as Haynesworth is concerned, he’s not the brightest bulb in the chandelier as far as I can tell, and I DO expect to read that he got busted by DC cops for selling crack cocaine to an undercover cop within the next five years.
“the last time i read a history book” – !
i am all about this post; love it!