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LOOK: Girard Pringle Jr. buys his mom her dream car

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CaneDawgCrew said:
Do all 85 kids get to buy their moms Jags? Are they all getting paid? All getting paid the same?

I knew he would get paid when he ran for 160 yards and 2 scores vs FSU. Oh wait he hasn’t quite earned NCAA money yet. How long before we pay Optimist and Pop Warner kids?

This and the portal are out of control. Congrats though as indeed some got theirs at the expense of the sport.

We went from zero to this…now only 2 conferences and people scream yes! We have done it!!!!!!
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You’ll likely get a lot of **** for this post but I don’t disagree with the premise of this being a slippery slope.
 
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ageezy said:
he got his head on straight ... great job young man ...
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Maybe I’m built different but am I the only one who thinks this is stupid and another classic example of an athlete spending irresponsibly?

You’re one hit or move away from never playing football again. Why not secure your future with an investment? At the very least, buy your mom a house, something that holds value, unlike a car that depreciates the moment you drive it off the lot.
 
Hurracanes said:
Maybe I’m built different but am I the only one who thinks this is stupid and another classic example of an athlete spending irresponsibly?

You’re one hit or move away from never playing football again. Why not secure your future with an investment? At the very least, buy your mom a house, something that holds value, unlike a car that depreciates the moment you drive it off the lot.
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The 40 something year old me who’s seen how quickly money can come and go agrees. But the 20 something year old me bought a brand new boat and a new truck a year later that I didn’t really need so it would be quite hypocritical of me to criticize some youngsters for doing what I did. I’ve learned not to count other people’s money. What someone else does with their cash has zero effect on me personally, so my personal opinion doesn’t matter.

Besides this thread already has a jealous old man crying about someone else’s money in it.
 
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Hurracanes said:
Maybe I’m built different but am I the only one who thinks this is stupid and another classic example of an athlete spending irresponsibly?

You’re one hit or move away from never playing football again. Why not secure your future with an investment? At the very least, buy your mom a house, something that holds value, unlike a car that depreciates the moment you drive it off the lot.
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your coming from a place of knowledge and the fact the you understand depreciable value you sound like you have experience with investments ... i can guarantee pringle knows little about investing and i doubt his mother does as well (not trying to disparage) ... what pringle does know is his mom probably his been his biggest supporter, sacraficed for him to play as well as other thing and he wanted to give her something she wanted in return ... it's a tale as old as time, when i make it, i'ma buy my parents a house/car ...
 
ageezy said:
your coming from a place of knowledge and the fact the you understand depreciable value you sound like you have experience with investments ... i can guarantee pringle knows little about investing and i doubt his mother does as well (not trying to disparage) ... what pringle does know is his mom probably his been his biggest supporter, sacraficed for him to play as well as other thing and he wanted to give her something she wanted in return ... it's a tale as old as time, when i make it, i'ma buy my parents a house/car ...
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Point taken and I agree, but to my point again, that is exactly why so many athletes end up broke. It is unfortunate, and it is not going to stop, even with all the information out there and professionals at their fingertips. ****, ask ChatGPT if it is a good idea, lol. I get why he is doing it, but I still think it is funny how people here applaud it. I just do not agree.
 
DTP said:
The 40 something year old me who’s seen how quickly money can come and go agrees. But the 20 something year old me bought a brand new boat and a new truck a year later that I didn’t really need so it would be quite hypocritical of me to criticize some youngsters for doing what I did. I’ve learned not to count other people’s money. What someone else does with their cash has zero effect on me personally, so my personal opinion doesn’t matter.

Besides this thread already has a jealous old man crying about someone else’s money in it.
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Exactly. I doubt anyone in this thread believes that buying a car is a good financial decision when we know that success and money for athletes and particularly collegiate athletes is fleeting and tenuous. But we cannot apply our logic as rational, logical decision-makers, most of whom are likely married with children and have at least some basic financial competence to that of 18, 19 year-old kids who assuredly believe that they are gonna make it. My shock over these things expired a long time ago when I came to the realization that this this is a part of following collegiate athletes.
 
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Dhatguy said:
Yall doing all this over a used f pace? Lol
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Bro it's wild. Looks like prestige trim, believe last year they offered that was 2020. If he spent more than $40k on it I'd be floored (if he did that's something to criticize him over lol).

Like if u mad at him for this you're essentially saying don't buy a car for your mom at all when he's likely making North of $500k this year and will probably make multiple millions while at UM.
 
Congrats! Now just make sure she doesn’t park it at Beck’s house overnight…

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It's not "wholesome"

to spend most of your money on a status JAGUAR TRUCK rather than invest all of that money in a CD. Treasury Bond or Fidelity Brokerage account.

and retards wonder why people are poor after a few years in the NFL!
 
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LMCane said:
It's not "wholesome"

to spend most of your money on a status JAGUAR TRUCK rather than invest all of that money in a CD. Treasury Bond or Fidelity Brokerage account.

and retards wonder why people are poor after a few years in the NFL!
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Another jealous old loser throwing around words like “retards”
 
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