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    The documentary discusses the financial difficulties experienced by many professional athletes after retiring from their sports careers. It explores how athletes often spend lavishly early in their careers, invest in bad business deals promoted by hustlers, struggle with family and relationship issues, and face physical injuries that shorten careers and impact life after sports. While athletes accumulate wealth faster than most, the documentary emphasizes the need for financial education and planning to avoid financial hardships later in life.

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    The documentary discusses the financial difficulties experienced by many professional athletes after retiring from their sports careers. It explores how athletes often spend lavishly early in their careers, invest in bad business deals promoted by hustlers, struggle with family and relationship issues, and face physical injuries that shorten careers and impact life after sports. While athletes accumulate wealth faster than most, the documentary emphasizes the need for financial education and planning to avoid financial hardships later in life.

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    “Broke” ESPN 30 for 30 Name:________________________

    Directions: Respond to the following questions while watching the documentary.


    1. What are at least two things all the athletes shown in the first few minutes are saying in common?

    2. What connection was there between business success and sports salaries?

    3. What was the first thing almost all the interviewed athletes did upon getting paid?

    Bling Bling (12:24)


    4. In the section of the documentary, titled “Bling Bling” what is the main point the director is trying to make?

    Keeping Up With the Joneses (18:00)


    5. In your own words, what does keeping up with the Joneses mean?

    6. What point is the director making about having multiple cars or huge entourages?
    Mo Money Mo Problems (23:32)
    7. Infer, what a guaranteed contract in the NBA or MLB means.

    Hustler’s Paradise (28:30)


    8. How does being competitive actually hurt athletes off the playing field?

    9. Who are the hustlers that the documentary is referring to?

    10. What are at least two examples of things the players are asked to invest in?

    11. What happens when the investments don’t work out?

    Who Can You Trust? (35:30)


    12. What is the only thing agents should be worried about for their players?

    13. What four people should players hire?


    14. What type of people are the biggest thieves according to the documentary?

    Mouths to Feed (42:55)


    15. Explain the point the players are making in this section.

    Baby Mama Drama (47:14)


    16. What is the divorce rate for professional athletes?

    17. Why do you think the divorce rate is so high for professional athletes?

    Banged Up (54)
    18. What is the length of the average NFL career?

    19. Why do some of the players say they aren’t surprised when former players get addicted to drugs?
    Game Over (58:48)
    20. At what age do most former athletes go flat broke?

    21. What is the main idea of the “Game Over” section?

    Real Talk (1:09)

    22. How is the accumulation of wealth different for professional athletes than for regular people?

    23. What should be done differently to prevent the athletes from having financial difficulties?

    24. What is a goal without a plan?

    25. Explain what this means.

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