I am a financial planner for professional athletes.
I have worked with everyone from:
*Top 5 picks
*League All Stars
*Players earning more than $25,000,000 per year.
7 things I preach so their money lasts long after their player career ends:
This is a 10/10 tweet.
A player that is worth $40M+ on the open market gets paid roughly 2% of his value today.
For MLB fans everytime you see an owner preach “salary cap” or “greedy players” just realize it takes nearly a decade for an MLB star to get their true value.
Mississippi State's Kamario Taylor is 19.
His reported deal in 2027 is $7,500,000.
Here is what that looks like done right:
At a minimum we should be looking to save 50% of the total contract.
It can flow like this…
Income run through an LLC taxed as an S-corp.
Salary valuation + distribution strategy…
A solo 401(k) maxes out at $72,000.
A backdoor Roth IRA is $7,500.
$3,670,500 in a brokerage account.
This is what the result can look like…
$3,750,000 compounded at 8% at 20:
By 40, about $17,500,000.
By 50, about $37,700,000.
By 60, about $81,500,000.
The first three years determine everything for athletes.
The habits, decisions, and moves effect the next 40 years.
Done right it changes your life.
Done wrong it is decades of regret.
The typical entrepreneur's balance sheet I see:
$2M in cash (or more) ~ 6 bank accounts ~ 3 brokerage accounts ~ 2 entities ~ 10+ private deals…
Yet no plan tying any of it together.
Then the problem compounds.
The business starts doing better.
The money starts adding up.
...and before you know it, instead of creating peace of mind with your money (the #1 thing money can do IMO).
You have created complexity with no plan (the opposite of peace of mind).
So here is the question you have to ask yourself?
If a $1,000,000 showed up in your bank account tomorrow, do you have a plan for:
*Reducing your taxes
*Protecting that money
*Investing it for tomorrow
My friends, the mindset you have to build income is not the same mindset for building wealth.
One is all about speed and action (often breaking things).
One is all about calculated planning(making sure nothing breaks).
Rarely do you see a current athlete face bankruptcy but as quick as the money comes in it can go out the door.
Athletes you have to take care of your business off the field just like do on it.
Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice has filed for bankruptcy, claiming $3.5 million in debts, most of it connected to civil litigation involving his high-speed crash in Texas and allegations of assault by a former girlfriend.
The filing made Wednesday in Texas lists $677,054 in personal assets, including $421,825 in what is listed as deferred compensation. Rice is in the final year of a four-year rookie contract with a total value of $6.5 million and a 2026 base salary of $1.6 million.
(Via AP)
There are 56 days left in 2026.
Your business is having a record year ~ millions in profit.
Yet almost none of it shows up as money you actually own outside the company.
The playbook we are running with clients before December 31 👇
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Our team @momentwealth works with 7 and 8 figure business owners to make sure:
The record year in your business towards into dollars on your personal balance sheet.
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There are 56 days left in 2026.
Your business is having a record year ~ millions in profit.
Yet almost none of it shows up as money you actually own outside the company.
The playbook we are running with clients before December 31 👇
(Bookmark this to save it for later🔖)
6) Start Today
You and I both know what happens if you wait.
This year turns into a carbon copy of last year.
You know the year when you paid too much in taxes, had record revenues, and felt like your personal finances were still an afterthought.
Every small decision you make today is doing one of two things:
Building a prison around your current situation.
or...
Building the ability to take the risk you always wanted to.
...So remember, don't be afraid of the risk; just remember the ability to take it starts far before you jump off the cliff.
I made less than a Domino's pizza driver.
Yet that decision helped build a multi-million-dollar business...
The story and lesson you can learn from it:
Everyone can do this (in their own way).
The risk you want to take is on the other side of delaying gratification.
You saved the bonus instead of spending it.
You kept the extra distribution inside the business.
You didn't upgrade your lifestyle as your career grew.
News: MLB made a new salary-cap proposal today. The league now wants it to start in 2028, rather than 2027.
The league is proposing a $180.2 million floor and $258.2 million cap for 2028.