Six Reasons Why Pro Athletes Going Broke Shouldn't Be a Surprise

It happens to be a lot easier than you may think.

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Today's tax day, and while that means a date with either a CPA or an EZ form (or an extension) for most of us, for others it's a little more complicated. We've recently done stories on NBA players going broke, and NFL players, too. You may be asking yourself how multimillionaires can go broke, saying "If I ever made $5 million in my life, much less one year, I'd make it last." But maybe it's not quite so simple. 6 Magazine's Richard Boadu gives Six Reasons Why Pro Athletes Going Broke Shouldn't Be a Surprise.

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