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salamander
09-21-2011, 09:10 AM
In late December, Jason Wright reached a career crossroad, one flush with two amazing opportunities.

Down one path was a full scholarship to the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business that would prepare him to empower inner-city children, perhaps someday allowing him to open a charter school. Down a second path was a contract with the Arizona Cardinals - worth more than $1 million a season - that would financially help his family and continue the dream of many to play in the country's most popular sport.


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fansince'76
09-21-2011, 09:33 AM
Wright, who plans to get his MBA and a degree in public policy within the next three years, made about $4.5 million while playing in the NFL. But the Wrights lived modestly, spending about $12,000 on their wedding and passing on some staples of the NFL life, including expensive purses and luxury cars.

Sounds to me like he and his wife have probably saved some money and that they're both very well-grounded. $4.5 million goes a LONG way if one maintains a modest lifestyle with it. I wish him luck.
salamander
09-21-2011, 10:37 AM
Sounds to me like he and his wife have probably saved some money and that they're both very well-grounded. $4.5 million goes a LONG way if one maintains a modest lifestyle with it. I wish him luck.

Exactly. If you live a lifestyle like a common person, a couple million dollars can truely go a long way. My hat goes off to him in choosing to pursue his MBA instead of taking the easy but not guaranteed lifestyle of an NFL player.
The Duke
09-21-2011, 10:59 AM
sigh, if only more players were like this....
steelreserve
09-21-2011, 07:40 PM
Sorry, I've got to say that wasn't a very smart move, purely from a financial standpoint anyway. I'm sure he could've waited a year to go to business school, and even if he got no scholarship, the $1 million would've paid for it several times over. Even if it's at the low end of the NFL pay scale, you don't get many chances to make $1 million in a year.

If it had to do with something else, like he was just sick of football, well, then more power to him.
GodfatherofSoul
09-22-2011, 12:12 AM
Doesn't sound like he was the one making the decision!


"I told him, 'You can go back, but I'm moving.' "