Lance Briggs is going to sign with the Bears. Could it be from all the noise that the NFL thugs have made this off-season, especially watching the Bears drop "Tank" Johnson without batting an eye...You bet. Making $7.2 million beats making zero by holding out. Holding out means not playing and not having access to state of the art training equipment and draining whatever savings he might have, in order to maintain his lifestyle.
The math is simple
$7.2 million > zero
Speaking of thugs, lets face facts, thugs get by on muscle, money and reputation. I'm wondering how much "street cred" you can maintain if you aren't pulling a huge NFL paycheck. Ask "Tank" Johnson and "Pacman" Jones how much "love" they get once the money's gone. "Tank" won't be pulling a paycheck since he's been released by the Bears. "Pacman" will be spending most his money on legal defenses. But hey who am I kidding "Pacman" was spotted at a local Gentlemen's club before meeting with Roger Gooddell in New York and was seen at a Las Vegas strip club after posting bail there as well. I guess it hasn't sunk in for him yet, I wonder if it will set in when he winds up with a couple felony convictions, from either Las Vegas or Tennessee.
Do the math
bad attitude + poor decision making + NFL paycheck = short NFL career + criminal record
Now for Ron Mexico, errrrr Michael Vick. This guy has a contract worth over $100 million and has a ten cent brain. After all this is said and done no one in their right mind will get near this guy. His NFL buddies, if they are smart won't associate with him other than in a public setting. Private meetings and parties wth Michael Vick will equate to guilt by association and mark you for the rest of your career, if not your life. For his off the field associates they won't want to get near him for fear of being observed or implicated further. Any true criminal element that Vick may have been associated with will avoid him like the plague knowing he is now being watched. In this case Michael Vick didn't pay attention to anything in college and any of the "classes" that the NFL provided players on conduct and money management.
Here's the math
$100 million contract + investing in dog fighting + federal indictment = no friends, more enemies and no endorsements
This concludes today's math lesson class.
