Re: How Ex NFL'ers Go Broke
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HoustonRaven
13% tip?!?!
That's embarrassing.
is that not alot?
Re: How Ex NFL'ers Go Broke
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Originally Posted by
HoustonRaven
A customary tip for satisfactory service is 15% in the states.
Lots of athletes here have a reputation being poor tippers but that's for another thread.
Maybe it wasn't satisfactory service..
Re: How Ex NFL'ers Go Broke
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Originally Posted by
HoustonRaven
13% tip?!?!
That's embarrassing.
13% tip and 9% service charge makes 22%. My guess is that the distribution of the money to the staff is different between tips and service charges, so they put it into two categories for accounting purposes. It also looks like a preset charge and not a voluntary tip.
Re: How Ex NFL'ers Go Broke
This just continues the trend of showing ridiculous bar tabs from athletes. The last one I saw was LeBron James, which trumped this for sure...
http://www.brobible.com/entertainmen...abs-in-history
And that's only #8 on the list. Now, I know...LBJ is making hand over fist dollars, Merriman is a has almost been. Still, this is just nuts.
I watched ESPN 30 for 30 "Broke" this week. It was a bit tougher for me to follow than the normal 30 for 30 narrative (There's no narrator, just a collection of interviews interspliced to cover similar topics), but it was pretty eye opening. Guys explaining about how they compete with each other using their money (Who has biggest bling, who has fanciest cars, etc), guys explaining how family comes out of the woodworks when they get their money, then disappear when things get tight (One guy was said to have paid for a family member's house FULLY, the family member didn't pay one cent, and when that player washed out of sports, he was responsible for that mortgage without the family member lifting a finger). It's a good watch to see the players who start to understand where things go wrong for athletes.
Re: How Ex NFL'ers Go Broke
Kelly Gregg will NEVER have this problem. Dude was cheap and drove around in used pickup trucks!