“A Lot of These Guys Who Are Retiring…”: After Making Millions Post NFL, Pat McAfee Relates to Tom Brady, JJ Watt’s Life After Retirement

NFL players are worth millions in the league. After making a name for themselves and solidifying their personality on the field, these players continue to make millions even after their retirement from the game. These come in terms of an alternate career path or making smart investments with the money they earned from their playing days. Playing in the NFL is time-consuming and requires a lot of dedication from the players. Hence, these players take their time to reconnect with other aspects of life after hanging up their cleats. Even the greats like Tom Brady, JJ Watt, and Rob Gronkowski, are now focusing on a more holistic approach to life after shining on the field for their respective franchises.

Another former retired NFL punter, Pat McAfee, relates to the post-retirement life as he talks about the situation on a new episode of his podcast.

Pat McAfee talks about the post-retirement millionaire life for NFL players

During the Friday episode of the Pat McAfee show, he and the gang got together to talk about how things move ahead once a player retires from the NFL. Being the physical sport that it is, the NFL requires a lot of time and dedication towards it to make a living out of it. They talked about how life changes from the daily routine a player follows during their careers and how it differs when they retire. 

They said, “A lot of these guys who are retiring like you still have half of your life ahead of you. Like you’ve been in it, and it’s obviously a jarring change when you go from knowing what to expect every single day when you’re playing. But it’s like a lot of times when you are retiring, it’s 40. It’s like okay now I’m officially in the next phase of my life. I can bank on what I’ve done and I can still make money off my name and I can enjoy my family do all this stuff that I never do.”

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This seems to be something a lot of recently retired players can relate to. Tom Brady has been spending time with his children after his retirement. Even JJ Watt is slowing down as he is enjoying his life and attending concerts with his wife. But apart from focusing on personal relationships, these players are also making smart moves with their money to keep earning millions as they did from the NFL.

Retired footballers and their million-dollar investments

Many retired players in the NFL are smart when it comes to investing their hard-earned money wisely for future prospects and growth. We can take one of the best examples from NFL GOAT Tom Brady. At 45 years of age, TB12 has made some excellent decisions with the way he spends his money. The GOAT recently invested in partial ownership of the WNBA team the Las Vegas Aces. Apart from this, he has also invested in the HERTZ-sponsored JOTA sports car team. He seems to be interested in helping build a wonderful future for the sports industry. 

Apart from Brady, even JJ Watt made a smart financial move in terms of securing his future even more. He sold his Wisconsin property for a whopping $1.85 million, thus liquidating his assets to pursue a route in financial safety. 

Do you know of any other player from the NFL taking the smart financial route? Let us know in the comments below.

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