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Old 05-31-2017, 08:24 AM   #31
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada View Post
NHLPA also offers this for players. There's a lot of players that come and go in the NHL so it's not surprising that a small percentage of them run into financial troubles.
If the "30 for 30" episode "Broke" is any indication it's well above 50%. In 2009 Sports Illustrated did a study of how many players were broke 2 years after retirement.

78% for NFL
60% for NBA

NHL probably isn't quite that bad, but yeah... 20 somethings with millions isn't a sound financial plan.
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