Sad Story About Jack Johnson's Financial Situation

[Oldtom]

I'll agree with you there DL. It's still no excuse to settle for the very worst possible, Bettmanesque alternative, though. Some bright spark out here, has started painting THE PM's surname on the red hexagonal road signs ( nicely stenciled, no less) - a-la the little page girl from Parliament. Wonder whatever happened to her? Seems Pre-Stone Moonning has had enough of his Re-Formed wunderkidder too - now that he and the Riddells have sucked their dough out of the tar-sands.

 

[Burghfan]

Another thing to consider here: a lot of these athletes have never really learned how to be adults. We're talking about guys who barely finished high school in a lot of cases. JJ is a bit different in that he played 2 years at UofM, but when you're an 18 year old (20 when he made it to the NHL) who has never had financial woes in their life, you don't really learn how to use your money. Then, as a 21 year old (which he was in '08) your parents tell you, I presume, to ditch your agent/advisers, and that they have your back. I wouldn't blink at that. Of course, this again is through my own lens and thinking about my parents, who are great humans. I feel nothing but sympathy for the guy. And now he's not only bankrupt, but he has a wrecked relationship with his family.

I'll bet Thanksgiving dinner is going to be a bit awkward this year.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

"I’ve always admired car owners, and I hope to be one myself as soon as I finish paying off mother. She insists I pay her retroactively for the food I ate as a child."

 

[KennyBanyeah]

"I’ve always admired car owners, and I hope to be one myself as soon as I finish paying off mother. She insists I pay her retroactively for the food I ate as a child."

Maybe someone oughta take a closer look at Supernintendo Hjalmarsson's finances.

 

[Dolemite censored]

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Absolutely sad

This is why parents and family members need to stay away from things like this

Sad as all hell.

I hope the kid recovers financially.

 

[IndyAndy]

With parents like that...

Just sad.

 

[mrwallace2ku]

Brutal story...Jack needs to think about himself here. Hope he is surrounded by good people. Parents are an interesting side story, like to hear more about them.

 

[Cobiemonster]

"I’ve always admired car owners, and I hope to be one myself as soon as I finish paying off mother. She insists I pay her retroactively for the food I ate as a child."

It reminds me of Seinfeld when Kramer and Newman are in court and they try to play the "I always wanted to be a banker!" bit

 

[Cyder]

I used to work in personal finance for musicians and family and friends were far and away the worst people we had to deal with. Usually it wasn't malicious, they're not actively trying to rob them but these are the people they trust the most, these are their cheerleaders and yes men that tell them they can do no wrong. It's a very thin line to walk trying to convince your client to push back against the people they trust the most. It happens all of the time. If you are in a position to make a whole lot of money you 100% need to find a financial advisor and lawyer that you can trust.

Yeah, even people as successful as Sting and Billy Joel ended up broke because they trusted the wrong people. Luckily for them musicians usually have a longer earning window than athlete's so they were able to become rich once again.

I forget which one, but one of the guys in Guns and Roses I believe began a financial advisory company because he and his advisors saw so many people like him being ripped off. Never checked to see if it ever got off the ground

 

[Cyder]

I'll bet Thanksgiving dinner is going to be a bit awkward this year.

I doubt anyone will ask, "Why isn't Jack here?" now that this stuff is out there

 

[forty_three]

It bugs me because I see parents around youth hockey that already have that look like "There's my meal ticket".

No, you heartless fuck. That's your KID. I lose my mind with Stage/Pageant moms and those sports parents are not much better.

 

[Cyder]

It bugs me because I see parents around youth hockey that already have that look like "There's my meal ticket".

No, you heartless fuck. That's your KID. I lose my mind with Stage/Pageant moms and those sports parents are not much better.

Those pageant Moms should all be thrown in jail. These failures who feel their kid is their ticket to all their unfulfilled dreams make me ill.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

It bugs me because I see parents around youth hockey that already have that look like "There's my meal ticket".

No, you heartless fuck. That's your KID. I lose my mind with Stage/Pageant moms and those sports parents are not much better.

I work with a guy like that. His kid didn't make AAA peewee (as a minor peewee). This guy tells his kid that if he doesn't make it next year he won't pay for hockey. What's the point, he says, if the kid's not gonna make it big?

I tore a strip off of him to the tune of:

-Maybe the kid enjoys hockey? It might hard with his dad's attitude but MAYBE he still does; does this even matter to you? <This was pretty much verbatim>
-He's a healthy kid, by all accounts, wouldn't you want him to stay active by playing hockey at whatever level.
-I can almost guarantee you that your kid will not make the NHL. But you know what? Guys I played single A, B and even house league with (shocking) are guys who got me jobs in my 20s and vice versa. I still keep in touch about stuff with a couple of them ~30 years later. Your kid is out there meeting good people. You're gonna put a stop to that because you think he might not go pro and give you money back? Fucking hard tard.

The guy makes plenty of money too. The moron brags about having more than $40,000 in his no interest chequing account for crying out loud.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

The guy makes plenty of money too. The moron brags about having more than $40,000 in his no interest chequing account for crying out loud.

Theres some financial smarts

I wish there was a way we could get him in touch with jack johnsons parents

 

[forty_three]

I work with a guy like that. His kid didn't make AAA peewee (as a minor peewee). This guy tells his kid that if he doesn't make it next year he won't pay for hockey. What's the point, he says, if the kid's not gonna make it big?

I tore a strip off of him to the tune of:

-Maybe the kid enjoys hockey? It might hard with his dad's attitude but MAYBE he still does; does this even matter to you? <This was pretty much verbatim>
-He's a healthy kid, by all accounts, wouldn't you want him to stay active by playing hockey at whatever level.
-I can almost guarantee you that your kid will not make the NHL. But you know what? Guys I played single A, B and even house league with (shocking) are guys who got me jobs in my 20s and vice versa. I still keep in touch about stuff with a couple of them ~30 years later. Your kid is out there meeting good people. You're gonna put a stop to that because you think he might not go pro and give you money back? Fucking hard tard.

The guy makes plenty of money too. The moron brags about having more than $40,000 in his no interest chequing account for crying out loud.

I have an extreme sensitivity to things like that because that was my dad and baseball. He tried to make me have the career he didn't. And I preferred hockey and BMX bikes to baseball, which only made it all worse.

It's why I never really spoke to my dad after like age 22. Hardly worth it for him, he never met his grandkids.

Although I was better off for it.

 

[Cyder]

I work with a guy like that. His kid didn't make AAA peewee (as a minor peewee). This guy tells his kid that if he doesn't make it next year he won't pay for hockey. What's the point, he says, if the kid's not gonna make it big?

I tore a strip off of him to the tune of:

-Maybe the kid enjoys hockey? It might hard with his dad's attitude but MAYBE he still does; does this even matter to you? <This was pretty much verbatim>
-He's a healthy kid, by all accounts, wouldn't you want him to stay active by playing hockey at whatever level.
-I can almost guarantee you that your kid will not make the NHL. But you know what? Guys I played single A, B and even house league with (shocking) are guys who got me jobs in my 20s and vice versa. I still keep in touch about stuff with a couple of them ~30 years later. Your kid is out there meeting good people. You're gonna put a stop to that because you think he might not go pro and give you money back? Fucking hard tard.

The guy makes plenty of money too. The moron brags about having more than $40,000 in his no interest chequing account for crying out loud.

I played all kinds of hockey (ice, roller, deck) until I was about 30. I'm pretty sure the ole man knew I wasn't going pro by the time I was 11. God knows I knew, I just loved to play

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

It bugs me because I see parents around youth hockey that already have that look like "There's my meal ticket".

No, you heartless fuck. That's your KID. I lose my mind with Stage/Pageant moms and those sports parents are not much better.

My best friend's dad was like that. Couldn't accept for years that his kid hadn't made it to the pro's. It was really hard to be around that dick.

 

[blindbaby]

Don't even get me started with parents involvement in their childs sports; I hate 'em.


/not the sports part.

 

[dash]

It's like the dad who want his son to be an architect, but instead becomes the assistant to the traveling secretary of the Yankees.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

It's like the dad who want his son to be an architect, but instead becomes the assistant to the traveling secretary of the Yankees.

Architects are fucking morons.

(sorry if any of you are architects, but I've been in the construction industry for some time and I've met one decent one out of like 500)