http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/...es-dope-if-they-know-it-might-kill-them/?_r=0There’s a well-known survey in sports, known as the Goldman Dilemma. For it, a researcher, Bob Goldman, began asking elite athletes in the 1980s whether they would take a drug that guaranteed them a gold medal but would also kill them within five years. More than half of the athletes said yes. When he repeated the survey biannually for the next decade, the results were always the same. About half of the athletes were quite ready to take the bargain.
Only recently did researchers get around to asking nonathletes the same question. In results published online in February, 2009 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, exactly 2 of the 250 people surveyed in Sydney, Australia, said that they would take a drug that would ensure both success and an early death. “We were surprised,” James Connor, Ph.D., a lecturer at the University of New South Wales and one of the study’s authors, said in an e-mail message. “I expected 10-20 percent yes.” His conclusion, unassailable if inexplicable, is that “elite athletes are different from the general population, especially on desire to win.”
That would be bad enough, but it was worse. From the story: "Sapp made $82,185,056 during his NFL career. He ended up with $826.04 in his bank account,” and filed for bankruptcy in 2012." I understand if you thought I posted, $800K+, but there was no "K". BTW, Sapp retired before the 2008 season and declared bankruptcy four years later. I don't believe he was able to **** away his NFL pension and perhaps he was smart enough to save some assets through the bankruptcy process. But the evidence certainly goes against him being smart in any way.A player made 82mil and yet 820k in his a/c on retirement?
Sapp is from the U. The word smart is not in their lexicon. I've now seen two different 30 on 30 documentaries on the U. Thank goodness those people aren't the norm for the rest of the citizens in this country.That would be bad enough, but it was worse. From the story: "Sapp made $82,185,056 during his NFL career. He ended up with $826.04 in his bank account,” and filed for bankruptcy in 2012." I understand if you thought I posted, $800K+, but there was no "K". BTW, Sapp retired before the 2008 season and declared bankruptcy four years later. I don't believe he was able to **** away his NFL pension and perhaps he was smart enough to save some assets through the bankruptcy process. But the evidence certainly goes against him being smart in any way.