FA part 2

50-yard-line said:

It's a number in a bank, and one that will have zero impact on how you live your life, what you buy, what your kids can buy, and what your grandkids can buy.

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Sadly for Deus' grandkids, I think you're right that McCoy's salary will never impact them.

50-yard-line said:

It's a number in a bank, and one that will have zero impact on how you live your life, what you buy, what your kids can buy, and what your grandkids can buy.

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That's wrong. It's not a number it's actual cash and inflation effects everything. That extra 20 million can accumulate interest and be worth even more. Money is important and there is nothing wrong with maximizing one's financial ability.

gobesmug said:

That's wrong. It's not a number it's actual cash and inflation effects everything. That extra 20 million can accumulate interest and be worth even more. Money is important and there is nothing wrong with maximizing one's financial ability.

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Once you get anywhere near that amount, money is nothing more than a number in a bank. 110m will earn you more a year than you can spend, unless you need to buy Rembrants and gazillion dollar pieces of jewelry, in which case, your problem isn't money, it's ego.

It is SO EASY to be wealthy today. So easy. Beyond easy.

Money is important to a point. After that, it's a number. Only a number.

50-yard-line said:

Once you get anywhere near that amount, money is nothing more than a number in a bank. 110m will earn you more a year than you can spend, unless you need to buy Rembrants and gazillion dollar pieces of jewelry, in which case, your problem isn't money, it's ego.

It is SO EASY to be wealthy today. So easy. Beyond easy.

Money is important to a point. After that, it's a number. Only a number.

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Money is power and status. There is also expenses that come from wealth and owning multiple properties. You are free to ask your employer for a paycut if you want but expecting that of others is unreasonable.

gobesmug said:

Money is power and status. There is also expenses that come from wealth and owning multiple properties. You are free to ask your employer for a paycut if you want but expecting that of others is unreasonable.

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I'm my own employer and I'm wealthy and own multiple properties.

50-yard-line said:

Once you get anywhere near that amount, money is nothing more than a number in a bank. 110m will earn you more a year than you can spend, unless you need to buy Rembrants and gazillion dollar pieces of jewelry, in which case, your problem isn't money, it's ego.

It is SO EASY to be wealthy today. So easy. Beyond easy.

Money is important to a point. After that, it's a number. Only a number.

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I've missed this whole conversation, but how is it easy to be wealthy?

50-yard-line said:

I'm my own employer and I'm wealthy and own multiple properties.

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I'm sure you are in Minecraft or some other virtual world. But IRL, wealth is not easy to obtain, and anyone who has obtained wealth would appreciate McCoy's decision to maximize his revenue from what will most likely be his last contract.

Mack Herron said:

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Griffin > LaCost.

gobesmug said:

I'm sure you are in Minecraft or some other virtual world. But IRL, wealth is not easy to obtain, and anyone who has obtained wealth would appreciate McCoy's decision to maximize his revenue from what will most likely be his last contract.

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You go on believing that if it makes you feel better.

patriot1136 said:

I've missed this whole conversation, but how is it easy to be wealthy?

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Bad wording - my bad - becoming wealthy isn't easy, BEING wealthy is easy. And once you are, making money with your money is easier still, as when your broker calls you to tell you you're in an IPO for Facebook, for example.

Or when you buy a home cash, getting a much better price than someone who needs to go through a mortgage...then get a mortgage later at a preferential rate (for the tax deduction) and invest that money into a low-risk vehicle that still pays more than the interest costs - tax breaks on your preferential mortgage.

Or when you buy a car cash.

captain stone said:

Griffin > LaCost.

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1. His name is LaCosse.
2. Griffin is indeed better if you think an extra 55 yards a year for double the salary is good value.

gobesmug said:

I'm sure you are in Minecraft or some other virtual world. But IRL, wealth is not easy to obtain, and anyone who has obtained wealth would appreciate McCoy's decision to maximize his revenue from what will most likely be his last contract.

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Are you under some sort of impression that landlords are too busy working to ever post on a forum? Makes me wonder who's actually had wealth in this exchange. Doubting some random guy on the internet's claim of being wealthy to some unspecified extent does not make you look cool.

McCoy should absolutely chase the money btw.

50-yard-line said:

Once you get anywhere near that amount, money is nothing more than a number in a bank. 110m will earn you more a year than you can spend, unless you need to buy Rembrants and gazillion dollar pieces of jewelry, in which case, your problem isn't money, it's ego.

It is SO EASY to be wealthy today. So easy. Beyond easy.

Money is important to a point. After that, it's a number. Only a number.

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No one is going to pay McCoy $20 million. If they do however, that will increase his lifetime earnings by 18%. For the average American that would be the equivalent of getting $54000. So it's not nothing. If I were McCoy I would place a higher priority on maximizing my chances to win a Super Bowl, but while I am a millionaire I'm not a 110 millionaire and lacking Brady's genetics I'm also too old to play in the NFL. So who knows what he's thinking.

https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/patriots/patriots-3-out-who-was-best-free-agent-addition-offseason

The most impactful free agent acquisition the Patriots made will be...

Curran: TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins.
Perry: DT Mike Pennel

Elijah said:

Are you under some sort of impression that landlords are too busy working to ever post on a forum? Makes me wonder who's actually had wealth in this exchange. Doubting some random guy on the internet's claim of being wealthy to some unspecified extent does not make you look cool.

McCoy should absolutely chase the money btw.

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I'm under no such impression. Any person of any status could be posting on this board.

50 Yard Line is coming off as a major troll. He is arguing that McCoy should take a massive paycut because the extra money he would make means nothing. His argument didn't come across like someone who has actually worked hard to obtain real wealth, when he talks about it frivolously.

gobesmug said:

I'm sure you are in Minecraft or some other virtual world. But IRL, wealth is not easy to obtain, and anyone who has obtained wealth would appreciate McCoy's decision to maximize his revenue from what will most likely be his last contract.

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Anyone who has made more than 10-12m in his career can go **** themselves arguing that they need to maximize their income to feed or provide for anyone. At the very least they can be honest and not make it sound like it is an absolute necessity.

@50-yard-line is absolutely correct. After you have reached a certain level of wealth you realize that money is not important at all because you will gain little to no additional quality of life by making more.

luuked said:

Anyone who has made more than 10-12m in his career can go **** themselves arguing that they need to maximize their income to feed or provide for anyone. At the very least they can be honest and not make it sound like it is an absolute necessity.

@50-yard-line is absolutely correct. After you have reached a certain level of wealth you realize that money is not important at all because you will gain little to no additional quality of life by making more.

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And yet the world has billionaires and they aren't satisfied. It takes being a billionaire to own an NFL team. If all you want in life is a simple home, cook your own food, and rarely travel, then having little to no money isn't a problem.

However, there are people who want to travel, own multiple large homes, and do other things in life that requires much more than a few million dollars. In fact, some people aren't driven for money just for possession but for status it brings.

Look at Warren Buffet. The guy still owns and lives in the house he bought in the 60s. He is over 80 and worth as much in the billions. People who are driven in life want to be measured by their greatness and money is one way to show that.

If people weren't driven for success and maximizing their value, then you wouldn't have products like personal computers and smart phones. It took individuals driven to make billions to accomplish such things.

The fact that McCoy hasn’t signed with a team is a little weird. It seems as though he’s really not in high demand.