Ed Wood
Footballguy
“I did use protection at first,” he said. “Then they’d be saying they’d be on the pill. I was an idiot to trust them. Second or third time with them, I didn’t use it. Then, boom!”
“My counselor asks me, ‘How can you do the same thing over and over?’ ” he said, unable to provide an answer.
The Denver Broncos gave Henry a five-year, $25 million contract in 2007. Cut last year by the team, which cited injuries and off-the-field commotion, he received ONLY $6.7 million.
Henry is seeking to modify child-support obligations. Some mothers and their lawyers will have none of that, saying he has squandered a small fortune on luxuries like cars and jewelry.
“I feel sorry for the guy, trust me,” Wellon said. “On the other hand, when you take those kind of actions, there are consequences. He could have taken care of the money.”
Henry argued that, within the context of richly paid athletes, he was not out of line. He contended that he owned no more than three vehicles at once and figured he had spent $250,000 on jewelry. “That ain’t a lot,” he said.
And so it goes...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/sports/f...;pagewanted=all
“My counselor asks me, ‘How can you do the same thing over and over?’ ” he said, unable to provide an answer.
The Denver Broncos gave Henry a five-year, $25 million contract in 2007. Cut last year by the team, which cited injuries and off-the-field commotion, he received ONLY $6.7 million.
Henry is seeking to modify child-support obligations. Some mothers and their lawyers will have none of that, saying he has squandered a small fortune on luxuries like cars and jewelry.
“I feel sorry for the guy, trust me,” Wellon said. “On the other hand, when you take those kind of actions, there are consequences. He could have taken care of the money.”
Henry argued that, within the context of richly paid athletes, he was not out of line. He contended that he owned no more than three vehicles at once and figured he had spent $250,000 on jewelry. “That ain’t a lot,” he said.
And so it goes...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/sports/f...;pagewanted=all
I can understand one, maybe two, possibly 3 kids but 9? cmon, and I'm supposed to feel sorry for him? Poor guy only had 3 cars and only spent a quarter mill on jewelery....
He is a poster child of what NOT to do in the NFL. He had some talent, and I always thought he got a raw deal in Buffalo. But he's had second and third chances and squandered them all. And he has 9 illegitimate children? Nope... no sympathy whatsoever. Dude should be in jail for sticking certain parts of his anatomy where they shouldn't be...
He could easily sit on his butt for the rest of his life, had he been smart with his money. And that isn't the only paystub he collected from the NFL, not sure what he got paid in Buffalo but he did get paid more than most of us here still.
I can understand one, maybe two, possibly 3 kids but 9? cmon, and I'm supposed to feel sorry for him? Poor guy only had 3 cars and only spent a quarter mill on jewelery....
I think Travis missed his *real* calling in life, as a hockey player in the NHL. Dude knows how to 'slip one past the goalie'.
