Why Pro Athletes Shouldn't Get Married

"Bad move bruh!"

“Young, Rich and Dangerous” was the title of the final CD of the famed hip hop rap group Kriss Kross in 1996. It should however, be the soundtrack of your life, at least for now. You’re 25 years old and you’ve just signed a brand new 5 year deal worth more than 80 million dollars. The “Young and Rich” part you get, but “Dangerous” you don’t agree with, right? See, you’re not the one that’s necessarily dangerous, however the world that you’ve just been thrown into is bruh. Look into my crystal ball young blood. You still can’t wrap your mind around just how much 80 million dollars is, but you have a pretty good idea of what you can do with it or get in to with it. Just about anything you can imagine.

See money is like alcohol it doesn’t change you, it just brings out what’s already inside of you. Check this out, in 2005 B.M., that’s “Before Money”, you were the big man on campus (BMOC) with a girlfriend. However, the coeds just kept finding their way into your dorm room uninvited. That’s what happens when you’re the most popular guy on campus with the potential of becoming a multi-millioniare. Now that you’ve got the money and fame the campus just got bigger. You travel from coast to coast playing ball and in every night club you hit, every guy in the place wants to be YOU and every woman in the place wants be with YOU.

Now that’s a drug all to itself and it’s easy to overdose on that combination. I’m not saying that all men cheat, what I am saying is that all men are human. So if you’re away from home 30 out of the 52 weeks of the year for sometimes weeks at a time, with women doing everything they can to get at you, that becomes a bit too much to handle bruh. I’m not talking about your everyday women. I’m talking about cosmetic 10’s, the movie star types that follow you around like a puppy.

See we can’t compare a pro athlete to the normal working class family man because he has to typically initiate contact with a woman. So he has to at least be mischievous enough to play with the matches. However,  a pro ball player is running through the forest while it’s already on fire. Women are constantly following these guys from city to city and many times even making their way into hotel rooms uninvited. Sound familiar? Now I’m not saying that all women are groupies, I am saying that all of the women that are constantly in your face are. It’s like being a drug addict and saying that you’re going over to the drug house just to play dominos. C'mon bruh! Somebody help me out here!

Let’s face it, some lifestyles aren’t conducive to having monogamous relationships. I don’t care if she was your college or high school sweetheart. When you guys met you were broke and women weren’t showing up at all hours of the night uninvited and UNDRESSED. Let’s keep it real or all the way 100 which ever comes first. The woman that you decide to marry knows full well that she isn’t the only one. So who’s fooling who, especially if she met you in 2012 A.M. (After Money).

 Even if you think that you're love her you aren’t mature enough to handle what’s coming your way on a daily basis. I just think that you should wait until after you retire when you’re settled enough to be someone’s husband and father. Your lifestyle will have changed by then and you won’t be in the hot spots all over the country every night. By the time you’re in your late 30’s or early 40’s you’ll be ready to settle down.

There’s no rule to say that you have to marry young like Kobe did. If you wait you’ll  meet women that should be well into their careers by then.  Ladies that have more to lose than some young groupie trying to get pregnant and paid at your expense. Now don’t get me wrong, it’s some old groupies out there too but when you’re older you’ll at least be able to recognize the game bruh. That'll at least keep you from getting caught up at the minimum.

 I strongly believe in the full sanctity of marriage and it should never be disrespected. So before you try to join my frat and cross those burning sand’s bruh, you’ll have to get rid of all the girlfriends and be able to keep your butt at home. However, in the mist of being a professional athlete that’s virtually impossible right now. So your application to the Frat has been denied bruh. Holla at the grad chapter when you're ready.

Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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