Money Players. / Edward T. Pound and Douglas Pasternak.
by Pound, Edward T; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 43Institutions. Publisher: Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 2002ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): National Football League | Finance -- Personal | Football players | Investments | Swindlers and swindling | Victims of crimesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "U.S. News examined more than 20 investment deals involving current and former NFL players and found a veritable who's who of victims....Increasingly often, con artists are hitting their mark. In the past three years alone [1999-2001], according to the National Football League Players Association, at least 78 players have been defrauded of $42 million." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) The authors probe into how pro football players' huge salaries make them easy victims for investment fraud, noting a rash of cases that have triggered new rules to help safeguard athletes.
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Originally Published: Money Players, Feb. 11, 2002; pp. 30-36.
"U.S. News examined more than 20 investment deals involving current and former NFL players and found a veritable who's who of victims....Increasingly often, con artists are hitting their mark. In the past three years alone [1999-2001], according to the National Football League Players Association, at least 78 players have been defrauded of $42 million." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) The authors probe into how pro football players' huge salaries make them easy victims for investment fraud, noting a rash of cases that have triggered new rules to help safeguard athletes.
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