<prompt> Human: I interview folks regularly for a supplementary job, a nice little on-the-side gig that most folks do for fun and extra Christmas money. Its not considered even a part-time job usually demands 5-10 hours per month. Today I interviewed an ex-NBA player who was winning championship rings fewer than 10 years ago. I looked up his old contracts, he was earning millions of dollars. Now hes bankrupt and desperately looking for a job, any job. He was really nice and polite and I felt so goddamn bad. We werent able to hire him, partly because he doesnt have a stable place to live. Part of me questions putting this online in the off chance that hes a redditor or something, but part of me wants to tell the Internet that its REAL - professional athletes really DO go bankrupt even a few years after the height of their career if they dont know how to handle their personal finances. Id read the headlines, but interviewing someone one-on-one who had been through this journey was really heartbreaking. I want to go speak to kids in every classroom in America about financial planning. Considering how many kids bank their futures on the impossibly slim chance of Making It Big, its crazy that even Making It Big can still leave you as poor and broke as ever if you dont know what to do with all that money. Sorry if this isnt an appropriate post for here since its not a story about my finances or a question, but it seemed like it should go in this subreddit.EDIT: Sorry, just logged into Reddit after a couple days to see all these comments. Please dont speculate about the identity of this person. Im not going to confirm who it is, and this guys name shouldnt get waved around online just because hes working hard to get a new job and is being honest about his past. I tried my best to disguise any identifying information about him while still illustrating how crazy his career has been. He was a very polite and humble man. I really hope he finds a good job soon.  <response>: People prey on these folks. Families, advisors; everything conspires to separate newly-wealthy folks from that wealth.And, kids in school are not ready to or able to hear your message yet. I think it takes life experience for most people to wake up to the fact that they are in charge of their money and their life. 