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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
I think people have a hard time understanding this because they are evaluating the situation from their own rational perspective and not able to see things from the players irrational perspective.
When you think you're the best, you're a star, you can do no wrong, you're a winner, you win, win, win.. etc etc etc... its very easy to give into the temptation of short term pleasures vs planning for long term, rationalizing that you'll figure something out later... get into rapping, get a movie deal, or whatever.
This is why lottery winners are always broke and why everyone always says "if it was me, i'd just..."
It is the current rational self, making predictions about a future, newly enriched and wholly irrational self. It doesn't really work well.
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Well, like I said - lottery winners are one time big money. Athletes earn for 15 years.. Every month. So I assume even the most retarded would start getting better with money management at his 5th or 10 th year at least. I mean at least once in the lifetime they would get an idea "Damn, when I will be 37 my paychecks will stop. What would I do?".
Not that I am assuming they are rational thinkers, I just give their brain a little credit - that they get that magical idea I posted in above paragraph.