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		ninguem2 on March 24, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How (and Why) Athletes Go Broke In the case of athletes, it gets exacerbated by the fact that they are often young, uneducated, distracted by their sudden fame and very visible.

patio11 on March 25, 2009 [–]

And that they have nine kids by nine different mothers. (That is not hyperbole, that is an example from the article.) I'm trying to summon up sympathy but failing miserably.

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