CBS Sunday Morning included a feature on pro athletes who made it to the big time by winning, and then lost it all through a combination of bad decisions and bad advice....including:
Keith McCants. Once a fierce defensive player, he was a first-round draft pick out of Alabama back in 1990.
He became an instant millionaire.
He became an instant millionaire.
"Gave it away."
"So who did you end up giving money to? Friends? Family?"
"Everybody. Anybody who asked. I was from Mobile, Alabama, I'm green. I'm gullible. I didn't know no better."
... McCants... got addicted to painkillers, even became homeless for a while -- his glory days in football a distant memory. But he found a way to get rich in other ways. He now counsels those struggling with addictions just like his.
For McCants, that kind of wealth is the kind that really lasts. "The love of money is the root of all evil," he said. "And the world loves money. It makes the world go round. It's what you DO with it that defines who you are."
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