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The Worst Post-Retirement Career Moves For These Athletes

Sep 14, 2026
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Professional athletes who've had the fortune of having long and illustrious careers usually get to retire with a lot of money in the bank. Salaries in professional sports keep rising every year, after all. However, Sports Illustrated once came out with a shocking figure that 78% of NFL players go broke after retiring and 60% of NBA players go broke after leaving the sport. Where does all that money go? We're talking millions of dollars here! To that end, we've made a video to that attempts to track down where some of those millions get thrown away. So without further ado, these are the worst post-retirement career moves by pro-athletes.