New Money: Former NFL Player Says Mom Asked For $1M After He Was Drafted
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- [Originally aired 04.30.15] The NFL Draft is tonight and that means dozens of young men will become instant millionaires once their names are called, but many of them are already thousands and possibly millions in debt.
Roland Martin, host of NewsOne Now said, “When you see them walking across that stage dripping in diamonds, they’re already going to be driving Range Rovers and Benzs and they haven’t even signed a contract yet,” these “new money” millionaires will have already started their lucrative pro sports careers owing somebody a lot of money.
Former NFL player Phillip Buchanon knows all too well the story of “new money.” After being drafted to play in the NFL, Buchanan says his mother demanded $1 million for raising him.
Buchanon joined Martin Thursday on NewsOne Now to discuss his book, New Money: Staying Rich, and the financial burdens professional athletes face.
Money doesn't change people it only reveals them.
All I would ask for is time!!! If hes in town please come visit his mother and I because hes a man now but we would love to see him in person and not just on tv. But I warned my 2 sons. Dont worry, pay back sucks. When I leave his house on a visit I'm taking the batteries out the remote for the tv like they did me all the time to put in their ps2 n xbox controller's when they were young. They think im playing. I'm not🤔
@@geraldgreauxjr.7106 you petty and too old to be acting like that
@@IRocBAPESTA Its a joke thing between me n my sons...n yes I will do it. Lmao
@@geraldgreauxjr.7106 oh cause I was like you, you taking the batteries!! Damn!😂
@@IRocBAPESTA I remind them every year I will do it
This is the welfare mindset. Instead of celebrating your child's accomplishments you become their worst enemy.
Ra El that's 💯💯💯
BINGO!!!
Did you not see how "the Welfare mindset" reacted when the food stamps were late...out of control
His mom shouldn't have had to asked. That should of been discussed. Having a financial plan will pay off long-term
Ra El she gave him LIFE
Kobe Bryant said it best. Don’t spoil your family and shower them with money. Put them in a better position to succeed on their own. Open up the door of opportunity for them Instead of just handing out money, because it’ll create a sense of entitlement and resentment if one day the money stops flowing to them.
I get why Kobe said about parents and money.
Kobe is a joke and loser! He married an underage, uneduacted and poor woman. Her family is poor. He chose to do for her loser family, put his family out of his house. Both of his parents are professionals (mom consultant, dad own business) they didn't need his money. He did for her family and nothing for his family. He treated them so horribly. That's why they didn't run to his trial.
Kobe did what The Book says, "leave your mother and father and become one!" I don't know how old Vanessa was, but he chose her. His obligation is to Vanessa. I don't know the particulars of the breakdown of the relationship between him and his parents, but when he took a wife, Kobe is to cling to her, and no longer to Joe and Pam! Period!
@@thescatman5029 but he did buy houses for her family and not his own
@@cbenji07 So what? He's a grown ass man, and his parents are grown ass folk. That's his choice.
1 million for raising him!!!! I don't remember him asking to be born!!!!!
@@amye9655 you dont raise a kid expecting $1m. Fuck off.
@@amye9655 If she asks for that kind of money don't expect to get another thing from him afterward, since giving birth to him & raising him was basically a business transaction.
I'd gladly give my mom 1 million if I had it but she wouldn't get jack if she straight up asked for it. Pathetic.
NHHOneFair LostPlant2Gamer I raised my kids and went the extra mile.. paid for college, braces, went to doctors appointments, teachers conference, been their when they were sick and all kinds of thing. You know how much they owe me NOT A THING.. I want my kids to have the best and After they leave my responsibility is to take care of me.. his mom has no business asking for a million dollars.. he was already taking care of her needs.. her job is to be in his corner and make sure he is protected from all of the sharks and not be one.. I am not saying he shouldn’t bring his parents up if he can but let him do and what he does may reflect on your job as a parent
Agree with you 💯
"I ain't paying you to be my mother" - Michael from The Wire
Kory Green true
I have a son that is being branded the next Leo Messi. He's in high school. He said ma when i go pro Imma take care of you. you coached me and drove me to all the practices. I said you don't have to do that. It's my job to give you all the tools I can for you to succeed. It's not your job to take care of me.
@@lmjackson1973 Exactly... it's this "son-husband" complex we have in the black community that needs to change. I saw one of those American talent shows, where they a little 5 year old saying that he hopes to become rich so that he can take care of his family. Smh. I doubt he came up with that on his own. He was more than likely coached or conditioned to say that through listening to his mother gripe about bills and struggling, something that I think should never be foisted on kids. Yet many single mothers do it, and many outright demand that their sons contribute and take care of them as if they were their husbands. They pressure these boys at early ages, as I saw with the 5 year old on that show. When I was 5, I think I wanted to be Superman. I didn't want to be rich so I could take care of my family. I never faced that pressure. I was free to dream and think like a kid.
@@lmjackson1973 .... there's a difference between your son wanting to take care of you and you demanding your son take care of you.....no son would prosper and not take care of his momma.
@@lmjackson1973 your son ain't the next Lio Messi. Is his name Kubo ?
As a man I'm not going to ask my son for shit.....if he is a success I'm a success because I raised him and proud of that alone...if he wants to give me a gift I'll accept it but it will be on his terms....
Derek Lewis....Thank You. A very MATURE adult answer. These other folks act like, because Mom had some good sex one night and got pregnant, now you owe her a $1Mil....Very Childest and Hood thought peocess!!!
Derek Lewis likewise! I will either manage my kids career if they want or let them do their own thing! Never will I sponge off my child. He can help if he wants or not. I have every plan to make myself wealthy independent of my own kids
As it should be...
Trey Troy you planning too manage anpther adults $ is indeed finding away 2 cut yourself in
how you know it was good? lol could have been wack and still got pregnant
Black mothers always want to take credit for what their kids do but when the grow up to become criminals they always say "But I didn't raise them that way"
PHILLIP uncle an i grew up togather. HIS GRANDDADDY was a good man
Lavar Ball Shut up with that Uncle Tom shit
Lavar Ball as soon as you speak the truth, black people will always call you an uncle tom or a sell out.
Bryant Hargrove because our people hate to hear the truth smh
Do you know what an Uncle Tom is? An Uncle Tom is a black person who in an effort to score points with whites or to help gain acceptance into that group will publicly insult or throw black people under the bus.
These single mothers are a mess. Their relationships dont work out and the son is the next best thing.
Love of money is Root of all evil. Get rid of money and most of the worlds problems solved.
Yeah. Dismiss the fact that he has a whole father that wasn’t around. Smh
Brent Wise oh because you know most black mothers?
@@tplayne85 not about dismissing the mother is no better than the father and sick for asking her son for that smh. Stop trying to make his mother a victim
Build That wall
Thats very ignorant to say, not all single mothers have that mindset. Also, fuck your racist profile name.
I raised you... Uh ma'am you were supposed to.. That was your responsibility.. Your son your responsibility.. If your son was kind enough to buy you a better home and car be grateful.. It's his career in the NFL and with that comes money and a lot of perks. So with that being said leave it up to your son to give you money.. Don't ask but instead be grateful for the gifts he gave you.. Not greedy
ada627 Exactly. No wonder athletes go broke they come from me first families.
CivilizationsGearBox Imagine if he said.. Alright let's sit down and figure out how much money YOU spent on me over the years. Not welfare money. Money that you earned and then had to spend on my well being. Let's add that up X 18 and we'll complete this business transaction. I mean, if she thinks he's a bank then they may as well crunch the numbers. I can't imagine wanting anything from my kids. That's not the way life works. Kids aren't lottery tickets.
CivilizationsGearBox It's one of the reasons black athletes go broke. If they had parents that actually cared the parents would spend a day or two researching financial advisors. How hard is it to nake 3 or 4 phone calls and get in touch with someone who knows how to build and maintain wealth? Pretty damn simple. Instead the parents are usually just leeches like the rest of the crowd. Sad fact of life in poor communities.
@@korylooper3170 lol not welfare money 😂
Exactly
“Financial Molestors” That’s the perfect term.
This dude won the lottery he bought his mom a huge house. Guess what the house wasn't big enough for her. Greed is an amazing thing.
More like an ungrateful attitude.
ewilliamsz2099 You can take em out of the hood but can you take the hood out of them?
One of the 7 deadly sins. 7 top ways to be stupid.
He didn't really win the lottery, because the lottery does not require work. Getting drafted takes lots of work.
BigBwoyTing A house - i would've been grateful for just that... can't save everybody -
Here is some advice. Don't buy 4 houses and 10 cars
Bud Light Boom!
An don't calk yoself bud light
@Never lose sleep over the small stuff Dont be crazy these guys arent buying 67 Chevelle SS cars for investment, but it is real, yes.
Dilly dilly.
You gotta remember as Phil/Roland said, the NCAA does not prepare them and when your own mom asks for $1M the second you make it big, your budget is fucked.
These women have no shame... even their own sons are targets, victims!!!
another example of a black mother treating her son like its her man.
Mousey Publishings facts
Exactly
Facts
Yeah like father's don't do the same shit
She raised him. Where was his father!
Great mom's don't have ask
You are correct
great quote!
deidrich kemp They SHOULDN'T ASK AT ALL!
deidrich kemp big facts
What is wrong with giving your mother a million dollars if you can do it.... I see nothing wrong with his mom wanting money to be secure for a while... I personally wouldn't ask my child or any one for anything... but if I won the jackpot and my son asked me for mil..
and I could I would definitely give it to him in installments annually and make it clear that it is a lifetime gift... I am never going to give you a dime ever again... so spend wisely....in all my immediate family a one time gift ...if it isn't enough for them too bad.... but like he said after I get my own self together first.....
A financial class in college needs to be mandatory!!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Kimbo Phillips
It will cost more 💰
Kimbo Phillips no highschool
@@Pulapaws yep"
There's a reason why financial literacy and credit aren't taught in schools. Duuuuh. Why would "the system" teach you how to manage (money/credit) when they profit/benefit off of us mismanaging money and misusing credit? That's like a drug dealer taking his clientele to rehab.
Kimbo Phillips....I say start the teaching in the 7th grade.
Smh. That's a mother you need to put emotional and physical distance between. Period.
v t Gold-digger
My wife is a minority and she is a High level Executive and her family "use to" hit her up 4 money on the daily I put a stop to that shit.
They hate me 4 it... and she loves me 4 it!
Patricia Grady wife not gf. That means her money is for her husband and kids before anything else . She didn’t marry her mom and dad . If she wanted to do that she could of stayed single . When you marry your priority should change
Patricia Grady so if your wife was giving away all your money you’d be cool with it ?
THE SAME THING WITH MY HUSBAND...THOUGH HES NOT AN EXEC HE STILL MAKES MORE MONEY THAN ANYBODY IN HIS FAMILY AND HAS ALWAYS GIFTED AND PAID BILLS FOR HIS FAMILY BUT I PUT A STOP TO THAT AS SOON AS I REALIZED HE WASNT GOING TO STOP...NOW THEY DISLIKE ME BECAUSE OF IT AND THIS HAS BEEN SINCE 1999 ...THESE PEOPLE ARE ALL ADULTS THEY CAN PAY THEIR OWN BILLS...I REMEMBER THE DAY WE CAME BACK IN TOWN AFTER BEING GONE FOR 13 YRS HIS OLDER BROTHER ASKED HIM TO BORROW MONEY THAT SAME DAY...I REALLY DONT UNDERSTAND HOW A PERSON MAKE THEIR FINANCIAL PROBLEMS YOURS JUST BECAUSE THEY ASSUME YOU HAVE MORE THAN THEM
They're really really big on family in the Phillippines, same with Central America and the Caribbean islands.
Good for you.. People are sick..
He hooked her up with a house, car and took care of her. What more does he need to do? He did good in my book. No need for a million dollars as long as you take care of your folks.
Period.
WHY tf does he have to "take care" of his grown a$$ mother???
Maybe she knew he was irresponsible and took the money and put it in a trust fund or something but it's always 2 sides to a story.
1st get yourself together then help others. Excellent advice
WORD
No get yourself together, and let others help themselves. I remember after president Obama got elected some black people complained that he did not do anything for black people. Now you have black idiots talking about what Trump has done for black people. Stop looking for some one else to do for you. Get off your ass and do for yourself. No child owes his/ her parents one dime for providing for them. You brought that child into this lousy, miserable, world, and you did not do them any favor by doing that. It is your duty and responsibility to take care of the child, and teach them until they can fend for themselves.
Roland stop steering the conversation and let the man talk!
Kmemu Ka yeah, that was pretty annoying
Kmemu Ka right!
I think the same thing.
unfortunately this happens to all races of athletes. bernie kosar said he was glad when he went bankrupt because his father and other family members left him alone. i used to think it was cars, homes, jewelry and women. That is part of it but mostly its family, friends, bad investment advice and accountants stealing money.
Frank Mgtow That’s not due to their family members, but rather their lack of financial literacy and lack of investing correctly. They spend their money until they’re broke.
You can literally google broke black athletes. Most of the reasons for why they became will be bad investments and spending. Be more proactive, but since I'm being nice, Antoine Walker and Allen Iverson are just two common examples.
Yea I remember the Bernie story
I told my baby it’s not his job to take care of me. He need to live his life and not worry about me.
She went from being his mama to a female as soon as he signed the contract
@SouthGAboy4life My late husband always used to say money is the root of all evil !!
@@vernamorales2064 the love of it.
@@greggreg5008 Yesssss
He gave the best advice at the end! Invest the principal and live off the interest! You will never go broke!
Some of you need to slow down with this "black mothers this and that" stuff. Mothers of any race and ethnicity can be greedy.
Truth. Those ignorant people need to look up Drew Brees' Mum.
Truth
Thank you!
That's because black women are always under attack and its a shame that it's mainly from our own....smh
Erica Jordan mainly from our own is a lie
I never understood and appreciated my mom as much until i had my own kids and saw the amount of sacrifice n dedication involved in raising kids right.
90% of NFL players are broke with 5 years of retirement.
Oprah said it well,she said you have to learn to say NO!
Don't quote Oprah. Ever. Trust me you'll find that people as a whole will like you better once you take my advice
Oprah should have said NO to doing that documentary with those two scumbags who continue to lie on Michael Jackson.
Oh is that why oprah doesn't care to help her own people
U really quoted her. Smdh
"I raised you" congrats for doing what you're SUPPOSED to do, like he asked to be brought to this world.A parent takes the responsibility to take care of their child once they decide to have a child.That's like asking to be praised for doing your job!don't get me wrong, you can be thankful but when you demand praise or rewards it's pathetic.
Amen
👍🏾
Carlo Alberto I agree to a point what you're saying. But unfortunately the children of this generation. Are not appreciative of what we do as parents. It's sad when you have to remind your children to say thank you for helping them are getting them through a situation are buying what they need or buying their want.
I come from the era where you say thank you. Even if your parent bought you ice cream. You say thank you, this generation is unappreciative and not a generation of thank you. Yes, as a parent it is our job and duty to raise our children and to guide our children. To cover them with love.
Unfortunately there are thousands upon thousands of children in the foster care system. That when they were born into the this world. Their parents either looked away didn't want the child or took the child home only to abuse that child.
So what I'm saying is, there's various situations throughout parenting and being a mother as well as a father. Your blessed if you have children that love you and appreciate you.
Carlo Alberto well ppl do have the option of abortion and adoption these days. Plus raising a kid and pushing them to become a high quality athlete are too different things. One takes a lot more commitment
A lot of these bitches are untrained mentally
Financial molesters is as accurate as it gets!!!!!!
As a mother, my responsibility is to raise my children to be responsible upstanding men and women. My privelage is to be proud of them in anything they accomplish. I would NEVER ask my children for anything. NOT A PENNY. Even if they offered I would not take it. SHAME on these parents for using their children as their meal tickets. I know parents like this, it's sad.
I love u
THAAAAANK YOU! Mila Kunis said her parents HAVE NEVER allowed her to buy them a dinner!! She's worked in acting since she's like 12ish.
Yes you would
Mom: youre going write a book on me and talk shit! I want another million dollars for defamation.
Eminem’s mom won her case because of his songs about her and got like 10 million.
Truth is the main defense to defamation.
That’s our people for ya, entitlement is crazy smh
@LeJon Leonard bullshit the men are the head of the houses stop deflecting
@@Blodia1990 know the root britha before you say he's deflecting. This nation thrives partly by destroying the black and Hispanic home (taking the men out). This is definitely a major systemic issue.
@@greggreg5008 taking the man out? Or the man just leaves
I stick to myself... I tell the world there's nothing I do that you can't do... they say you care too much about yourself.. I say no,, you don't care enough about yourself
I would not make my kids give me anything. They never asked to be born. Your kids don't owe you shit!
Gold diggers don't change bro
Money don't change you, it changes the people around you
Or makes them show their true colors and who they actually are?
And it magnifies the person you already are
I disagree with all of that. When people are stingy, they hold on to 5 dollars the same way they hold on to 5 million. When people are generous, they will give you the shirts off their backs. A lot of people are also users. The more you have, the more they can use you. Even if you aren't rich, if you have a special talent or trade that can benefit them, they will want you to bless them for free. If you have nothing, they ignore you.
When you have a lot you also have a lot of them
Sometimes you just have to say NO, even to mom. He had already bought her a new house.
What the Brotha said at the end about first getting ur principal money to a point where u can do for family off of interest is GENIUS & Definitely the way to do it~
He should of said “the child support you got from my dad took care of me” 😂
PUGGDAD what child support ? You actually think that ? And where are the records of these so-called payments ....Just be quiet Lol 🤦♀️👍
@@kendra2122 shut up
Every black person should take some courses in personal finance and money management
HoneyB SweetNectar under masturbated comment, but since we're speaking above them right now obviously, do you think it's our own personal doing? Like it's because we purposely rig their education
Every person should take some courses in personal finance and money management. Make this suggestion to your local politicians. Have you looked at the US deficit lately? Are you going to blame the Blackman for that too?
HoneyB SweetNectar You don't really have to do that to be successful. I'm a prime example. 1. Buy you a house and land then rent them out.
2. Invest in the right stocks and bonds.
3.Start your kids their own account .
4. Start your own business that brings in or doubles profit.
5. Keep a track of your receipts and money to see where it's going.
I have more but you get my point by now.
Johnny Depp and Nicholas Cage...and a host of White people should join them in class then.
Black people read rich dad and poor dad
Living in the hood to living good, from nada to Prada. Imma use that line brah.
@jtheobbles86 nice, I'm a classic kinda person.
U must not be from the hood if u just now hearing that😂😂 i was hearing that in the mid 90's
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That’s crazy but don’t throw Mom under the 🚌🚌 on TV lol My Mom would kill me spilling this level of business lol
Best advisor for pro athletes: Dave Ramsey. They follow his advice, they'll stay rich
KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FAMILY AND RELATIVES, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. 🙄
What out now!!!!!
@@sharondapiggee4882 I'm sorry, not following you.
@Dale Denton For me, I spend my time with FAMILY, those that aren't blood family BUT treat me and my children as if we REALLY are. And I speak to my RELATIVES and keep it moving. Much BETTER for me. When you have people in your life that treat you better than and like family; you are their family. TRUST me, I went through something that caused a lot of crying and sleepless nights; but praying opened my eyes. JS, 🙏🙏🙏.
Mom's would never ask for 1 million from their son. What mom would do that. That is totally wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
His mom did.
My mom just asked me to build a fence around her home she would never ask and I'm even more than willing to give her a million if i can afford it
I didn't even watch the vid because the comment section turned me right off. It's amazing how people will find a reason to think the worst of black women. How about this one woman who asked her son for a million dollars? She is not representative of us all. I have three sons and a daughter ( yes, all by one man) sacrificed to care for them myself because I didn't want them left with babysitters, they went to private schools all their lives and got a good education, I paid for their braces, glasses, college etc. I am NOT rich and I went without myself to make sure they were good. Guess what I want for that? I WANT TO SEE MY KIDS DO WELL!! That's it! And guess what else??? I know a lot of black women like me. Only a person who lacks critical thinking skills believes this woman represents black women.
Racquel Dillon I hate to tell you but there are a bunch of mothers who are like his mother. I remember Jevon Kearse mom said the say thing. When it is put out there about poverty and the player is the key to getting out of it, people make it seem like this is what single black mothers are about. There are many stories out there in a single mother household and the player has to take care of her.
No matter what color if I got rich today the first thing I’d do is get my mother straight I’d give her a million lol he crying about that but he go buy 4 houses bruh selfish as fuck
ronald williams it’s a million dollars not 1000. Why do she can just go shopping and blow it all. Then she’ll ask for more and more .
Jay Four not true Richardson from Alabama when he got drafted his family was all over him for money . So don’t blame it on other people everyone’s situation is different but believe this if you won the lottery your family would have your number on speed dial . Don’t act like they wouldn’t
Racquel Dillon and u still greedy
If I knew I was going to be drafted,my phone would go on strike until I got a secretary.
My mom is like you better not put me in a nursing home and buy me a house and I’ll be fine.
" The hood to living good,nada to prada" I'm taking that (LOL)
Wow...not sure how I feel about his mother asking him for that amount of money when he upgraded her living situation.
Red Wine Concubine
because 1 million is just words to these people, they have no concept of how much money that is, they still have the same habits, no financial education, and when the money comes they keep the same goals, rims clothes and hoes!
Marcus M.
preach!
7 Points Music don't enable them. Learn to say no
@7points Be Blessed In Jesus Name!
+Vangeliss shut the fuck up do u know every black women in America....talk about those poor whites who are hungry for drugs and money
Buchanon, Willis McGahee, Jeremy Shockey, Ken Dorsey, and all the other 2001 National Champion Miami Hurricanes.Much respect.
ed reed
R.I.P. Sean Taylor
Tru metalhead on Maui ey much respect? They ALL took money in Miami
................and not a degree among them, either.
@@justafanintexas7913 I'd gladly trade my University of Miami degree for millions in the bank.
This guy who is doing the interview won’t hardly let the man talk.
I feel bad for what some of these guys don’t know, and you don’t know what money will do to anyone. Thank god for people like Phillip Buchanan.
its crazy how the people around you switch up when you got money. they ask for a hand out but when you tellem you cant do it they act like you betrayed them or left them hanging. and then they say YOU changed just because you got alot of money when thats really not the case. yea maybe you can help them out a little bit but you cant just retire your whole family unless you're talking billions. even billionaires have family members still working a 9-5 but they look out for them only to a certain extent because anything could happen. people will literally walk on a wealthy person's property and hurt themselves just to open up a lawsuit for money. and alot of people dont understand that rich people have bills too, they have mortgages, car notes, utilities, and a bunch of business expenses to pay for. at the end of the day, the IRS is not gonna feel sorry for you just because u gave all your money away to your poor family & friends. you gotta learn to say no sometimes...
Okay here I go with my two cents! Momma was dead wrong, especially if he brought her a home. Most people would buy their parents a home when they become wealthy but not give 1 million and your still in debt of your personal bills! Now if he give her an monthly allowance that means they have a close relationship. If he does not that means they can't stand each other! It is what it is
Touy Prater
His mother lost the house due to foreclosure. I think she didn't pay the property taxes. He talks about it in his book...
I would not have giving her anything I love telling people no! That’s my favorite word
Mean Vecktor my brother!!! Me too!!
Mean Vecktor... And it's understood in every language on the planet!!
My family knows not to ask me for nothing! Even if I won the lottery, they know.
Sandi Richard
That’s very sad for you guys. First thing I’ll do winning the lottery would be making sure my family is good, blood matters more than anything else.
To all of you people who think they know me, you don't. You have no idea how I've been treated by my "family". And GOD always bless me because I always give HIM the glory. Watch the fingers you're pointing, there's three pointing right back at you. No human being is obligated to financially take care of another human being. Birth right is nothing but permission for entitlement. Have a blessed 2020
Maybe I'm being a little short-sighted, but how does a man who is already $1,000,000 in debt before he is drafted write a book about staying rich? Obviously, he has money issues himself as Adjusted for inflation, $1,000,000.00 in 2002 when he was drafted is equal to $1,421,805.32 in 2019.
He spent 1.5 million dollars for draft night? Now he's trying to give me money advice? No thanks.
“Financial blessings”...this man just earned my respect 👌🏽
If him and his mom had a great relationship then why not give his mom 1M if she wasn't a great mom the hell with her
ONE DEEP his career hadnt even fucking started!
SMH!
Get Millions of dollars in debt
but when Mom ask for 1 its time to write a book! LOL!
Why does she need 1 million dollar? That's the damn question.
That booger sugar
You shouldn't have to pay your mother for being your mother. Helping out is fine but she shouldn't make you feel like you owe her something for being a parent.
That Creepy smile after Roland Introduced him....😂😂😂😂
Really! That's messed up. Your son didn't ask to be born. I despise parents like that. Want to hold that over their children's head when they make it big. Demanding money. If you didn't want any children you shouldn't have layed down and had them. That's your job as a parent to raise you children. I'm sure your son would have gladly given you the money without you demanding it from him. Just sorry as a mother to do that.
There are many ways to give her a million.
Disperse 100k$ over 10 yrs.
He owes her nothing! Im a single dad my son was 2 months old! Now he has a better job as i ever had and more money! Its HIS not mine! I love him and all what ive done was for him! And im so proud of him...rich or not! I would NEVER say "give me i raised you"! He worked hard come to this! I did only my job as dad!
I can't imagine a white mother asking her football playing son for a million. That's not racist, it's just reality.
I remember him with the raiders he was a good player to bad he got injured 🤕
The American school system is designed to educate children, so by the time they are finished with high school or college they can start earning a living/income. But the American education curriculum does not teach high school student about saving and managing money, and college does not teach money management unless you major in finance or economics. We have to learn so we can teach our children and love ones that we received training in school to get a job, and we should receive our education at home from our parents and extended families. There's a big difference between training and education. The American education system is designed to train you to have to get into debt. The home education system should educate you to be debt free.
it's a blessing to have children parents should NOT be a burden on their children....SMH!!!
I think it depends on the type of relationship you have with your mother if it's ok for her to ask for million dollars. For me, I would happily give my mother a million if I suddenly became super rich. What my mother has done for me in my life is priceless. In fact, she wouldn't have to ask for the money, I would give it to her before I spent money on myself.
Thank you! Finally a decent perspective. And that’s nice that he bought her a house but was she a part of the decision? If she’s going to live there she should have say in the house purchasing.
I agree💯
Always take care of mom. He is gonna make a lot more than a million dollars.
Mum asking for money. But on the other hand if he goes bust his mother may have some of the million left over.
Yup, I'm an engineer. That relatively "good" money can be gone in an instant if you don't budget and save. I live below my means. I remember from where I came.
Money management is simple. Save half of everything that you earn while you are playing professional sports, especially football, and live off the rest. Do not chase in behind the symbols of success. There is a myth perpetrated by the Diamond industry that diamonds are rare, and they rob silly people blind with it. Do not go out and father all of those children. I am amazed that these black guys can not learn from the mistakes that the guys who went before them made. It's like " I am black so I am supposed to do that" Bentley, bling- bling, baby mama, monstrosity of a house, opening a business ( football is your business, and it is paying off well, so put your money in the bank, and tell that scam artist who comes to you telling you to go play football, and let him'her take care of your money, to get the f#*k out of your face). Do not invest in anything. Mama gets her con in on children early, making them believe that they owe her something for rearing them. Actually daddy, unless mama selected some no good thug who hit it and quit it, is the one who put that roof over your head, kept food on the table, lights on, etc, but mama takes credit for it. If you love your parents , and want to provide for them that's excellent, but you do not owe it to them for rearing you.
So wise! This looks like an amazing book especially for athletes coming into new money, but also for any entrepreneur that may not have been born into any kind of wealth. We need age appropriate financial planning classes to be taught from primary school on up.
A mother is to be a support system. ...not a "you owe me"!! I don't believe in it. My son may never give me a dime...because he's not my GOD!!! I am of royalty on my knees praying always.
My son is a man...making his way in a difficult life.
We have children to love raise and charish.
God sustains me, loves me, provides, and protects me. Not the NFL or rich organizations.
HOME AND FAMILY SUPPORT....is a true loving family.
Jackie Chan the Asian actor...refused to give his inheritance to his son because. .....he said " my son is intelligent and can work to build his own rich life because he can do it."🌹❤
Your son owes you no money whatsoever - just unconditional love! He's not going to let you feel poverty again, but to demand a mil after he bought you a house(in which he will have to pay the taxes & utilities on, too!)- Now that's a C'mon Man!! This is his life to live!! For some one who is not used to having money - 100,000k in the bank account should be more than enough to get your hair done! And -real talk, are babies from low-income mothers(both black & white -see 30 for 30) looked upon as just tickets now?? - FOH!!!
My mom would’ve gotten whatever she needed without asking. I can’t even imagine my mom doing that.
WHY BUY 4 HOUSES unless they are investment.
excusesbegone when you buy a house for your mom or dad or brother or sister and yourself you can have 3 or 4 quick..you think those broke family members are paying taxes and insurance on million dollar homes? Get real
That's the problem. He didn't buy investor houses. Like a duplex or 4 unit with tenants. Instead, He buys single family houses where his relatives live for little rent or no rent. The mindset of a business person is sorely missing.
Peace.
Bye Felicia. Mama's a bum. My mom tried to bum money off of me and she's a RN. I was delivering pizza at the time.
JJSmith Lago
Damn...really? Wow, that's crazy...
The Illustrious One EXACTLY!
The Illustrious One why where is she a RN they make good money , Well mines has a master’s but still she makes dough , wow
Sounds like she has a chemical problem she can't satisfy away from the medical practice?
@The Illustrious One - The national average for RN's, currently, is $68,500. So, I guess it depends on your definition of "much" or you're pulling your comment out of your solid gold ass?
she should had took the house and atleast wait till I get myself right
Sean Fulton
She lost the house...
brothacoffee I'm sure
When the fuck did we ask to be born hate when parents says i raised you fed you and gave you a roof like its something special even dogs do that for there pups
This the best conversation I've heard in yrs.. I'm going to get his book
Philip.. tell her no and keep your business to yourself.
Lionel Ritchie father got more than 1 millions,what’s the big deal
Some ppl have absolutely zero respect for themselves much less for others especially their own family... smh
That's what some of these Mother's do, especially the single low income Mom's. They can treat their boys badly when they're young, humiliate them, strip them of their "true" manhood......until they see potential for a career in the NFL or NBA. Then, they become "Momma's baby boy."
The now rich athlete is only glad to now receive the love from his Mother that he has always longed for, now that he is rich and has bought her a house and a regular salary. So, she is now this wonderful Mom that that he publically speaks of and kneels down to (along with the Lord 😏) whenever he scores a touchdown.
Phillip Buchanan was fast as hell on Super Tecmo Bowl 😂
MGTOW even with mothers.
If I'm blessed with a contract I'm giving my mom 1 million. The sacrifices she's made for her children is deserving enough.
She can have it all, I believe in myself and will make more money.
What about your father?...i am sorry most kids do not know who there father is nor do the mother.
How much are you giving your dad
Bro stop lying
You shouldn’t give nobody a million dollars right their straight up at least you got a 100 million
I'd give my mom a mill in a heartbeat.. She deserves that and more!!
sound like my mother without the NFL contract
You already know if you raised your son right he’s gonna be dying to hook you up on his own.
Mom wasn’t playing. I think he should definitely make his mom rich instead of buying 4 houses and he can only live in one.
SouthGAboy4life Well I’m sure he had a big salary. One million is not a lot for him. He probably made 30 million. Plus I would not want to not take care of my mom. But that’s the young generation.
Cats don't want to take the time read (or take some courses) to learn about money, investments, good & bad debt, and compound interest. I guess it would cut the into their "make it rain at the strip club" time.
The cycle of black men in sports (especially college sports) doesn't endorse them to take advantage of their education. Black folks think money is what's gonna make us better people. It's not. Its self pride, education, and integrity. If you have all those things you figure out how to make a good life for yourself. But if you're a dummy. You'll just a temporarily rich dummy.
As disappointed and annoyed he may be towards his mother, he should have taken into consideration what it took for his mother to raise him from a baby up to that point of him being drafted and in the hood at that and especially if he's from a single parent household and therefore shouldn't come spewing to the whole world that his mother asked him for a million dollars. He absolutely didn't gained anything by saying such and worst yet, his mother getting insults and criticisms on this powerful medium. .
Everybody’s relationship with their families are different. My mom wouldn’t have to ask nor would she.
He buys his gf a million dollar ring but complaining about giving his mom 1m for life