CreepingDeath Posted July 18 Report Share Posted July 18 On 7/17/2026 at 6:12 AM, OILERMAN said: Him being a huge bust based mostly on his mental (and emotional) ability and him losing all of his millions makes sense. OILERMAN 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thrill Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 (edited) I don’t fully believe the Logan Ryan story. Surely he didn’t have any endorsements as a late 3rd round rookie out of Rutgers. Unless he negotiated a contract that covered housing, food, and personal transportation, he was likely supporting himself via his paycheck or the money he maybe made illegally in college (again probably not much since it was Rutgers and he wasn’t some top recruit). Maybeeee he had a few endorsements in New Jersey as an alumni, but I can’t imagine that was supporting him through his rookie contract. I think what’s much more likely is he lived relatively frugally as far as pro athletes go, and eventually the money from his contract that he put into stocks/funds/real estate made more than the money he spent from those contracts. I’d bet he didn’t break even until his second contract. But once he made a ton of money, he was still probably living at a pretty modest spending level. Eventually his assets grew beyond the original 80 million he earned. Then he can say “oh I never spent a dime of my $80 mil.” When in reality it’s a lot easier to make your money make money when you have $80 million and your expenses are 100k than when you have $80,000 and your expenses are $60,000. Still, good for him, just felt a bit insulting to read that post as someone who’s moderately financially literate. Edited August 17 by Thrill abenjami 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callidus Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 3 hours ago, Thrill said: I don’t fully believe the Logan Ryan story. Surely he didn’t have any endorsements as a late 3rd round rookie out of Rutgers. Unless he negotiated a contract that covered housing, food, and personal transportation, he was likely supporting himself via his paycheck or the money he maybe made illegally in college (again probably not much since it was Rutgers and he wasn’t some top recruit). Maybeeee he had a few endorsements in New Jersey as an alumni, but I can’t imagine that was supporting him through his rookie contract. I think what’s much more likely is he lived relatively frugally as far as pro athletes go, and eventually the money from his contract that he put into stocks/funds/real estate made more than the money he spent from those contracts. I’d bet he didn’t break even until his second contract. But once he made a ton of money, he was still probably living at a pretty modest spending level. Eventually his assets grew beyond the original 80 million he earned. Then he can say “oh I never spent a dime of my $80 mil.” When in reality it’s a lot easier to make your money make money when you have $80 million and your expenses are 100k than when you have $80,000 and your expenses are $60,000. Still, good for him, just felt a bit insulting to read that post as someone who’s moderately financially literate. What does his wife do? If she was making decent cash that is a possibility, also makes the story kinda misleading for a different reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 6 minutes ago, Callidus said: What does his wife do? If she was making decent cash that is a possibility, also makes the story kinda misleading for a different reason. Also still wouldn’t make sense. Why pull from her salary and not his? And another thing not noted is if he made 80 million pretax, even with tax advantaged accounts, he’d still be paying a sizable chunk to taxes. So even if he never touched his paychecks, it’d still take a long time for the amount put away to eclipse the amount he technically made. He seems like a good dude and isn’t peddling some money saving app (yet), but it does seem like some bs he’s saying to heighten his status as a LinkedIn influencer or something. I prefer OchoCinco’s style of, “I literally didn’t pay for housing and bought jewelry from Claire’s” approach to money management because it’s so much more feasible to just keep expenses low than to literally not spend your paycheck at all (even for big earners like nfl players). Callidus 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanruss Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Thrill said: Also still wouldn’t make sense. Why pull from her salary and not his? Maybe because they said they were going to save all of his and live off hers. Money is money, sure, but easy agreements like that can simplify home economics. Edited August 17 by titanruss Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 (edited) 9 minutes ago, titanruss said: Maybe because they said they were going to save all of his and live off hers. Money is money, sure, but easy agreements like that can simplify home economics. Ehh I think it’s pretty obvious he just made money off investments that eventually became more than what he was initially paid. In no world did a third round pick with middle class parents just never touch his paychecks. Don’t know why he feels the need to lie about this. Edit: Or he lived off the interest from some high interest savings account. His rookie year he made around 500k plus around a 500k signing bonus, so if he put that away and lived off of 5% interest and it made 7%, I suppose he technically never spent his paycheck. That still doesn’t factor in taxes, agents, and any other expenses he’d incur. Edited August 17 by Thrill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callidus Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 2 hours ago, Thrill said: Ehh I think it’s pretty obvious he just made money off investments that eventually became more than what he was initially paid. In no world did a third round pick with middle class parents just never touch his paychecks. Don’t know why he feels the need to lie about this. Edit: Or he lived off the interest from some high interest savings account. His rookie year he made around 500k plus around a 500k signing bonus, so if he put that away and lived off of 5% interest and it made 7%, I suppose he technically never spent his paycheck. That still doesn’t factor in taxes, agents, and any other expenses he’d incur. He would have made less than 25k in intrest off 500k(half his signing bonus and salary). Living off 20-25k is doable. He wouldn't be getting his whole salary up front though, just the signing bonus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abenjami Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 1 hour ago, Callidus said: Living off 20-25k is doable. Maybe in Memphis but not in Boston. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callidus Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 28 minutes ago, abenjami said: Maybe in Memphis but not in Boston. Should have said some places. Maybe he was living in a van down by the river and taking the train to work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 7 hours ago, Thrill said: I don’t fully believe the Logan Ryan story. Surely he didn’t have any endorsements as a late 3rd round rookie out of Rutgers. Unless he negotiated a contract that covered housing, food, and personal transportation, he was likely supporting himself via his paycheck or the money he maybe made illegally in college (again probably not much since it was Rutgers and he wasn’t some top recruit). He said he didn't spend any of his "salary"? If you read the article he specifies "salary".... The title did say he didn't spend a dollar of 80 mill but he said "salary(paychecks)". He even specified he built a portfolio with his paychecks over this career. 11 years. He got a 500K+ signing bonus as a rookie then got more bonuses for playing time. He then got a 10 mill signing bonus as a free agent. Over his 11 years he could have easily lived off his bonuses and invested his salary/paychecks and make his story true. He earned 32 mill in base salaries over 11 years. 32 mill could def be generating a huge return Thrill 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abenjami Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 4 hours ago, OILERMAN said: He said he didn't spend any of his "salary"? If you read the article he specifies "salary".... The title did say he didn't spend a dollar of 80 mill but he said "salary(paychecks)". He even specified he built a portfolio with his paychecks over this career. 11 years. He got a 500K+ signing bonus as a rookie then got more bonuses for playing time. He then got a 10 mill signing bonus as a free agent. Over his 11 years he could have easily lived off his bonuses and invested his salary/paychecks and make his story true. He earned 32 mill in base salaries over 11 years. 32 mill could def be generating a huge return So in summary, he saved the $32M in base salary and pissed away the $48M he got in signing bonuses! Thrill 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OILERMAN Posted August 18 Report Share Posted August 18 6 hours ago, abenjami said: So in summary, he saved the $32M in base salary and pissed away the $48M he got in signing bonuses! That's left unsaid, I'd guess he invested some of that as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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