T.O.: Broke, lonely, “in hell”
Atlanta-connected former famous footballer Terrell Owens is in the news again.
Of course, it’s not good news.
T.O.’s got money problems, among other troubles, according to a piece in GQ.
The once-electric wideout earned $80 million over a career marked by both accomplishment and controversy, but now, he says, he’s broke.
He’s also friendless and apparently despondent, living in an apartment in L.A.
Those money troubles, he says, stem from bad business decisions _ investments made at the suggestion of those presumed to be knowledgeable and operating in his best interests.
T.O. says he was never a big spender himself.
Now 38, he’s still aching for a comeback, on and off the field.
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Ron
January 25th, 2012
7:47 pm
“Snowman” you’re a moron. HE HAS BEEN ARRESTED TWICE. You know him huh? HA HA
KeepDreaming
January 25th, 2012
8:25 pm
This article sure was a loaded gun, wasn’t it?
Rambunz
January 25th, 2012
8:30 pm
If T.O. had gone to a Big Ten school rather than a SEC academic doormat like Tennessee, he would remain a wealthy man. Athletes end up at SEC schools because they can’t meet the academic requirements of Big Ten universities.
ANGEL
January 25th, 2012
8:42 pm
WELL I HOPE T.O KEEP THE FAITGPD DONT GIVE US WE CANT BEAR
hryder
January 25th, 2012
9:28 pm
The man is such physically but mentally and emotionally age 12-15. Little difference between T.O. and other people who only develop an isolated skill set which has almost no relevance in dealing with life situations unrelated to their skill set, i.e. Brittany Spears, Mike Tyson, Michael Jackson, and so many other so called celebs and/or stars.
Gwendolyn Stone
January 25th, 2012
9:32 pm
Maybe he should have saved some of his money when he was chasing that white girl. Her folk realized that she was not having any part of the drama and pulled the plug. Where are Frick & Frack, his “Girl Buddies” for life? Maybe he should ask Chad for a loan otherwise he is going to the Pokey for no child support. What goes around, comes around. I hope his taxes were paid from his earnings or he will be there with Wesley Snipes. …Waiting for the next chapter……
traco404
January 25th, 2012
9:52 pm
Wrote a song about it, wanna here it – here it go: No Body want ya, when you’re down and out…..
“Broke” is that celebrity broke, with $2 million still in the bank, or is that middle class broke — and you are waiting for your next pay check on the 31st, so you can pay your light bill???
Naysmith
January 25th, 2012
10:01 pm
Whit people are stupid people. You bask in the demise of every other race, yet you protect your pedophile priests. Go figure… must be a bunch of dum ass Repuglicans!
Naysmith
January 25th, 2012
10:01 pm
make that “White” people!
dagnabit
January 25th, 2012
10:06 pm
I could use a apprentice sheetrock hanger. I can start T.O. off at 8.50 an hour and he’ll need tools and his own transportation.
White She Devil
January 25th, 2012
10:06 pm
Oh, wow! T.O.lonely? Guess White women do not want anything to do with him now since he is broke. Come on T.O.that is the only reason why they even looked your way…. SMH and Black women are the gold diggers?
White She Devil
January 25th, 2012
10:12 pm
@ Rambunz it might help to know that he went to UT-Chattanooga, which is not an SEC school. He could have gone to Harvard and he still would have blown his fortune. Adding him to the Tiger Kobe Club
nvdjnvdjbgv
January 25th, 2012
10:16 pm
Burger kings hireing
White She Devil
January 25th, 2012
10:23 pm
Next up to the looser hall of fame: Ochocinco. With that gold digger Evelyn by his side, and all the baby mommas he is sure to be broke is less than 2 years. Don’t believe me… Check out Antoine Walker.
Sandra Cook
January 25th, 2012
10:37 pm
This is a man that God can use for his Glory. We have all sinned and fell short of the Glory of God. T. O surrender to God and He will deliver you in Jesus name.Amen
T.O.
January 25th, 2012
10:52 pm
Mo and Kita…..where are you?????
LOL!!!!!
Black Sabbath
January 25th, 2012
11:10 pm
Darrell Porter, 4 time MLB All Star, 1982 world series champion, 1982 NLCS MVP, 1982 World series MVP……..and a white guy. Died pushing an old hoopty, penniless, it can happen to anyone.
jay
January 25th, 2012
11:28 pm
@ Where did he spend $80mill?: Its right there in the body of the story if you read first and react second
“Those money troubles, he says, stem from bad business decisions _ investments made at the suggestion of those presumed to be knowledgeable and operating in his best interests. T.O. says he was never a big spender himself.”
Sargent Carter
January 25th, 2012
11:41 pm
T.O. should get together with Andre Rison and Mike Tyson and open a checking account together.
jay
January 25th, 2012
11:41 pm
The reason T.O. isn’t playing right now has nothing to do with his age, knee injury or attitude because he can still produce. The reason why he isn’t playing is because I’m sure news about him going broke were circulating around the league way before now. Teams have all sorts of scouts and private investigators who can figure this stuff out.
So why should a team sign a guy who’s gonna be thinking about the $20,000 he’s going to make if he runs 10 more yards down field when he should be running out of bounds to stop the clock in the 2 minute drill?
jay
January 25th, 2012
11:52 pm
Sargent Carter
“T.O. should get together with Andre Rison and Mike Tyson and open a checking account together.”
Can you go ahead and add Bernie Kosar, Mark Brunell and David Akers to your little list?
jay
January 25th, 2012
11:59 pm
@Sargent Carter:
….Oh yeah, I left off “super agent” Leigh Steinberg.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/heres-what-alcohol-did-to-the-sports-agent-who-inspired-jerry-maguire/
Gritsfalcon
January 26th, 2012
12:18 am
Tragic! Just tragic! In spite of his antics I always had a soft spot for TO while knowing through the years that this was the likely outcome. He grew up very poor in northern Alabama and if you talk to the folks who knew him at UT Chattanooga they’ll tell you he was nothing (attitude wise) until he hired J. Rosenhaus and started living in S. Francisco. That’s when it all changed–the good with the bad. Time to scrap all his nickels and dimes together; go back to school; Get teacher certification and coach HS ball. At least its a living!
Clint johnson
January 26th, 2012
12:30 am
Book deal and then pension. Go OJ, Go Ron Paul!!!
Coop!!
January 26th, 2012
1:00 am
I can bless alot of people with 80million or even $80 dollars. Our individuals who are blessed to earn this type of income should really be smarter about their affairs due to the manner the media exploits information. However, this is part of Mr. Owens testimony, whether we believe or not we all have one. I am looking forward to see him come back on top and it will be a significant one! We might fall due to the efforts of others but their is a greater responsibility to take ownership of our hand in our failures as well. I would like to see our “Industries” stop “PIMPING” our talented and gifted people. As an educator, it was unacceptable for me to sit back and watch this happen in our schools in regards to our youth. This was a contributing factor to why I resigned from so called “Education.” I believed, As educators, we only speak to our students hearts when We make that decision to do so trust me everyone will not be ready to hear what is real and honest guidance. I believe in teaching the entire individual not only some standards that are required. Trully Empowering our youth to make life decisions is not in our educational system which is where we fail society. Many professional settings do not empower or provide Personal Development. One must seek it for themself. Accountability is absent. Exploitation is taught in our athletic facilities, schools and many professional settings. We teach our young children to be Pimped and sadly many fall for it. Students remember those who took them aside and helped them clean up their fires and cleaned up their attitudes; not dismiss them for them. The real world will not bend over and do it for them so why set them up for a short success and a possible longterm failure. Parents we have a responsibility to teach our children to be able to identify this. Lets not be blinded by the dollars and promises you are a target as well. Look!! If the grades are not there then they do not perform or play and enforce it. Create solid consequences for the actions. Establish some solid discipline polices in our educational settings to back up our educators since we have to always be the professional…. See we all have a hand in a fallen individual somewhere in their journey on this earth. Stop teaching our kids to be victims of their own ignorance. They will be empowered if We empower them. Create a higher Expectation for Them and make them own up to it. This is the difference of Old School Parent verses a New School Parent in many cases. Build this generation up wisely, maybe they might Respect the teaching and demonstrate an appreciation of the “freedom of education!” Poverty can be choice as an adult, at times; however, it is nutured into a mentality over years of wrong thinking,actions and lack of guidance and worthwhile options. Educators, Coaches and Parents our young generation are people first not an investment of talent. Really take to heart what the mission statements and educational statements mean. Talent can take you only so far but an education along with wisdom will take you through many more doors and it will sustain you. No one prevents education accept, our hands, when we do not seek it! When being blessed with opportunity seek the wisdom and “Truth” first and continue to do so throughout the “Process” because that is primarily all it amounts to be is a “Process”. Mr. Owens, will be back with his life in the proper perspective. Therefore, Be Blessed, Know It, Speak It, Demonstrate It!!!! And Bless Someone Else!!!!
Steven
January 26th, 2012
1:16 am
OK he deserves what he gets from his bad decisions but I won’t celebrate his troubles like the others here. I actually hope he can rebound from this and make some money somehow. I mean, he wasn’t the devil. Conceited and self centered, and maybe a jerk sometimes, but whatever, thats not a crime. Good luck to everyone here in life, I hope you don’t become broke
GFY
January 26th, 2012
1:28 am
He did not have $80M in bank…..he may have earned that amount but as we all know the gov’t. taketh away. He is only about a $40M idiot!!!LOL
jorge bush
January 26th, 2012
1:57 am
just another dumb athlete who think they own the world. more than half the NFL and NBA, MLB former players are broke and poor because and DUMB. when playing like some y’all mention buy 20 escalades for their posses, another another 10 BMW for their baby mommas and and buy ten house for their families and cousins. and for them they buy a limbirginiie and ferrari and mercedes. all cars depreciate. they trade for a new one for every one of their posse and relatives as the season begins but you stuck with old contract. that’s 20% of you income, 10% for you agent,10% for investment such strip clubs and another 10% cousins going to strip clubs and for your self and a course uncle sam gets 50%. so don’t be surprise how many athletes millionaires going to be broke. just look at mike tyson he made over 300 millions dollars and just making it now. that’s what you get when you get all YES FREEloaders and gold diggers around you but at the end of the day you are responsible.
KimZ'sPackage
January 26th, 2012
2:20 am
Mom told me with these 2 Fake ones and this shaved one I can get all of the $$$ T.O.’s have with ease.
MK
January 26th, 2012
2:45 am
you guys should feel ashamed of yourselves for showing no sympathy towards a fellow human.
No Sympathy
January 26th, 2012
3:00 am
Deserves everything he is getting now. If you had given me approx.$ 40 million net I would have had enough sense to put at least half in trust to take care of my family, make sure my kid’s and their kid’s had a free education and I would have fore seen the day coming that I would need my finance degree that I would have gotten in college so If I lose on an investment I could only blame myself.
What a pathetic excuse to be called a man. Bet his so called friend that took advantage of his stupidity made him seem like a real big shot when he had money. How can anyone that had $40 Million Net , after taxes, be broke at 38 year’s old? AMAZING.
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Lisa
January 26th, 2012
3:53 am
His problems may be at is on doing but rubbing salt in his wounds is wrong on so many levels. Be very careful with your words because you might wake up with the problems worse than his.
redandblack
January 26th, 2012
5:32 am
hmmmmm…….now who didn’t see this comin’?
joeybiten
January 26th, 2012
6:01 am
Our leader, prez barry obama, will issue an “executive” order today ordering all current NFL players who make more then what the prez deems “more then enough” to share their money with Mr. Owens.
Samuel
January 26th, 2012
6:05 am
He spent too much time running his mouth, instead of being hands on with his finances. He could have taken a couple courses in the off season in business. What happen too all those women he was courting?
wardenerd
January 26th, 2012
9:05 am
80% of NFLers are bankrupt 5 years after they leave the league. Buy your home for cash and and buy one you can support after your playing days are over.plan the taxes and other incidentals and that at least leaves you a place to live. Dominque,and many others thought the money would never end. Where was his agent during this time?
wardenerd
January 26th, 2012
9:09 am
I remember allen Iverson could not get his car back before he paid the tax in Georgia. Tax and tag was $6520 yearly. The Ferrari is probably still there.
dtanner
January 26th, 2012
9:18 am
you people don’t understand you see these black athletes gots bills to pay’,you see they got child support, gold chain payments,weed etc. takes a lot of money to live this ghetto thug lifestyle
wardenerd
January 26th, 2012
9:20 am
rambunz art sclischter, tyrelle prior , 15 idiots from Nebraska now that they are in the Big Ten they count against you. BUt the biggest Big Ten Blemish is Penn State pedophiles. Thank God we are out of the news,was all Ohio State had to say.
Look before I leap...
January 26th, 2012
10:30 am
But for the cost of a few dozen condoms, he would not have tens of thousands of dollars headed out the door each month in child support.
Martin
January 27th, 2012
11:29 am
Don’t give up, you can still have a successful career as a car salesman. You were always full of BS!
RBIRealty
January 27th, 2012
11:41 am
I can’t feel sympathy for anyone squandering $80 million. Go back to Tenn-Chat and finish that education then GET A JOB.
workinghardandlovingmyjob
January 30th, 2012
3:50 pm
What’s wrong with ya’ll? This man is not eval. He did not spend $80 million. He had an accountant like most actors and athletes. Unfortunatly for him he chose the wrong one and that person took his money. He didn’t realize it because he didn’t spend it like that to expect to have money problems. The man was a great football player and he was paid like all athletes to do what he loved. Don’t get mad or jealous cause you couldn’t do what he did. I pray for TO and hope he gets to a better place then he is right now.