NFL WR living on $60K a year

Not true at all. He could have had a nice downpayment and a mortgage of $1500 a month and found a quite nice place somewhere in the Lone Star State.

 

No state income tax certainly helps.

 

If he makes the "nice down payment," he's not "living on $60,000 a year."

 

I suppose you could play that technical gotcha game and add his down payment to his annual average like a prorated bonus ... but what if he made the down payment (or paid the whole thing) in 2013? Then it isn't an annual expense.

Anyway you've got your full Starman hard-on going for this, but most people get the gist of the story.

 

Has anyone verified this story? Did he provide receipts and bank statements? Does a financial advisor back this up? Has any other journalist found this guy and asked follow-up questions? It's a nice story that fits a narrative, but is it true?

 

There is that.

I looked at this as a training-camp filler above anything else. Notebook regurgitation. Fine for meaningless summer fluff, not so fine for slut-shaming women who accuse hockey stars of rape.

 

I suspect Broyles and his family are probably living on TAKE-HOME money of $60,000 a year ($1,153 a week). That's do-able.

 

Whatever the specifics, I give him and his wife big credit for even attempting that in light of all the temptation to do otherwise.

 

Patrick Peterson went weeks last year without cashing a $15 million signing bonus check.

Patrick Peterson Hasn't Cashed $15 Million Signing Bonus Check - Business Insider

I recall a similar story about Barry Sanders back in the early 90s. He had several checks for hundreds of thousands of dollars sitting in his glovebox for months. Some of the Lions' payroll people had to get on to him about it because it was messing up the books.

 

I remember stories Manny Ramierez (baseball version) having checks just sitting in his locker for ages.

 

I can't believe they'd still write a check for a $15 million payment. They wouldn't do some sort of account transfer or direct deposit?

 

Manny, while in Cleveland, once asked a reporter if he could borrow $60,000.