# Deion Sanders: take all that money and buy a clue **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 14, 2001, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deion-sanders-take-all-that-money-and-buy-a-clue/93277 "2001-11-14T05:50:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deion-sanders-take-all-that-money-and-buy-a-clue/93277/1 "2001-11-14T05:50:31Z")
So Mark McGwire retires this week, saying he just can’t perform at the level he used to and doesn’t want to be a burden on himself or the team. He even turned down a $30 million extension in the spring because he wasn’t sure if he’d be around to make good on it. Meanwhile, Deion Sanders was recently asked if he missed being in the NFL and replied, “I miss the $8 million I was supposed to make this year.” This is same guy who once said of fans who booed him: “Tomorrow morning they can get up at 7 and go to work. I can get up at noon, maybe, and count my money. I don’t worry too much about those people.” Idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deion-sanders-take-all-that-money-and-buy-a-clue/93277/2 "2001-11-14T07:59:11Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \* > \*\* > Meanwhile, Deion Sanders was recently asked if he missed being in the NFL and replied, “I miss the $8 million I was supposed to make this year.”_\* Wouldn’t you miss 8 million? > [@](#): > > \*\* > This is same guy who once said of fans who booed him: “Tomorrow morning they can get up at 7 and go to work. I can get up at noon, maybe, and count my money. I don’t worry too much about those people.”\*\* Translation: Living well is the best revenge. I agree Deion is a jerk, but I see nothing here to get me upset at him. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deion-sanders-take-all-that-money-and-buy-a-clue/93277/3 "2001-11-14T15:51:02Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by spooje \* \*\* > [@](#): > > I agree Deion is a jerk, but I see nothing here to get me upset at him. \*\* You mean besides throwing it in our faces that he’s filthy rich and doesn’t give a rats ass about those people who paid him all he money he now has to go see him play? Actually I wouldn’t get upset at him either, but I sure do hate his ass for doing that. As a prominant public sports figure he should know better. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deion-sanders-take-all-that-money-and-buy-a-clue/93277/4 "2001-11-14T16:04:56Z")
He sits at home and counts his money? I thought this was the guy who was rededicating his life to his lord and savior Jesus Christ? jar ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deion-sanders-take-all-that-money-and-buy-a-clue/93277/5 "2001-11-14T19:07:22Z")
I understand paying him to play sports. Deion was a phenomenal talent. But whoever in the hell would hire him to comment before the games now is testing the limits of the Peter Principle. Heck, they’re testing the limits of both Peter Principles. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tennessee\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Tennessee\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tennessee_Ben)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deion-sanders-take-all-that-money-and-buy-a-clue/93277/6 "2001-11-14T20:50:03Z")
If only he would sit at home and count his money. Then he wouldn’t be out buying those suits that make him look like a bad guy from _Dick Tracy_. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deion-sanders-take-all-that-money-and-buy-a-clue/93277/7 "2001-11-14T22:33:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dragwyr \* > \*\*You mean besides throwing it in our faces that he’s filthy rich and doesn’t give a rats ass about those people who paid him all he money he now has to go see him play? Actually I wouldn’t get upset at him either, but I sure do hate his ass for doing that. As a prominant public sports figure he should know better. \*\* How does this differ from about 90% of all professional athletes? ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deion-sanders-take-all-that-money-and-buy-a-clue/93277/8 "2001-11-15T00:22:18Z")
The last time he came up for the Reds, he was staying at the luxury hotel across the street from the place where I work, and I’d run in to him out on the street or see him riding his scooter every couple of days. He’s a decent enough guy in person. We’d exchange “How’s it goin?” or a nod and a wave. ---
**Author:** ![Spanky\_The\_Dolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Spanky\_The\_Dolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spanky_The_Dolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deion-sanders-take-all-that-money-and-buy-a-clue/93277/9 "2001-11-15T00:26:58Z")
Does he swim in his money too? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deion-sanders-take-all-that-money-and-buy-a-clue/93277/10 "2001-11-15T01:11:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spanky The Dolphin \* > \*\*Does he swim in his money too? 🙂 \*\* Only when he’s guarding his Money Vault from the Beagle Boys. 😃 jayjay ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deion-sanders-take-all-that-money-and-buy-a-clue/93277/11 "2001-11-15T13:28:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by adam yax \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Dragwyr \* > > \*\*You mean besides throwing it in our faces that he’s filthy rich and doesn’t give a rats ass about those people who paid him all he money he now has to go see him play? Actually I wouldn’t get upset at him either, but I sure do hate his ass for doing that. As a prominant public sports figure he should know better. \*\* > > How does this differ from about 90% of all professional athletes? \*\* I agree that the state of professional sports in today’s day and age is pathetic. I believe that professional atheletes, in general, make way too much money for what they do, but I’ve accepted that as a given and that it won’t change any time soon. The thing that really gets me are these jerk atheletes that complain when they don’t get their $20 million this year and go on strike, or the ones that have such an attitude as if their sh\*t don’t stink because they are professional athelete and make all this money and we don’t. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deion-sanders-take-all-that-money-and-buy-a-clue/93277/12 "2001-11-15T16:34:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jayjay \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Spanky The Dolphin \* > > \*\*Does he swim in his money too? 🙂 \*\* > > Only when he’s guarding his Money Vault from the Beagle Boys. 😃 > > jayjay \*\* That’s the money _bin_ godammit. Them damn Scottish ducks will do anything within their power to say the word “bin” as much as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deion-sanders-take-all-that-money-and-buy-a-clue/93277/13 "2001-11-15T19:49:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by black455 \* > \*\*The last time he came up for the Reds, he was staying at the luxury hotel across the street from the place where I work, and I’d run in to him out on the street or see him riding his scooter every couple of days. > > He’s a decent enough guy in person. We’d exchange “How’s it goin?” or a nod and a wave. \*\* Yeah, Deion actually has a reputation for being a really nice guy in person. I doubt you could find a single teammate of the guy who would have an unkind word to say about him. He was very well liked by his teammates on the Falcons and the Braves during his time in Atlanta. My impression of Deion is that he’s an overgrown kid, irresponsible maybe, and prone to ill-advised remarks to reporters, but generally good-natured and likeable. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2001, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deion-sanders-take-all-that-money-and-buy-a-clue/93277/14 "2001-11-16T14:11:04Z")
> [@](#): > > As a prominant public sports figure he should know better. This is the thing I don’t understand. Just because a person is good at sports why do we expect them to be nice people too? Your town may have the best garbage man in the world, but if he turned out to be a complete wanker you’d just shrug it off.