Curt Schilling "tapped out" of baseball money

[C.C.]

Does he not have advisors?

 

Would Curt Schilling listen if someone suggested he should do something different than what he already decided to do?

 

I don't know. Would he?

[fibro]

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/2012/07/38-studios-end-game/

 

A must read its long but worth it schilling is completely delusional which seemed to be the undoing of 38 studios.

Brett Close, who joined 38 Studios as president in 2007 and soon after became its first CEO, put Schilling’s inexperience into perspective for the study’s authors, Noam Wasserman, Jeffrey Bussgang, and Rachel Gordon. “He really needed Company 101,” Close told them. “For example, the whole concept of vacation was foreign to Curt. He actually said, ‘People get weekends off, right?’” Schilling at one point suggested that people work 14 straight days and then take five days off. It jibed with his baseball experience.

[Banedon]

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/2012/07/38-studios-end-game/

 

A must read its long but worth it schilling is completely delusional which seemed to be the undoing of 38 studios.

Brett Close, who joined 38 Studios as president in 2007 and soon after became its first CEO, put Schilling’s inexperience into perspective for the study’s authors, Noam Wasserman, Jeffrey Bussgang, and Rachel Gordon. “He really needed Company 101,” Close told them. “For example, the whole concept of vacation was foreign to Curt. He actually said, ‘People get weekends off, right?’” Schilling at one point suggested that people work 14 straight days and then take five days off. It jibed with his baseball experience.

 

ROFL...wow.

[Derwood]

Mark Brunell is in the same boat. Lost all his money in bad real estate ventures.

 

Don't these guys know that you invest SOME of your money, but SAVE enough to live on? Or, if you're Magic Johnson, use your celebrity status to get OTHER PEOPLE to do most of the investing?

[Banedon]

I read that whole article, and I'm not laughing anymore. Schilling was completely irresponsible, and while I feel sorry for his family, I don't feel sorry for him at all. What a disaster.

[SouthSideRyan]

I read that whole article, and I'm not laughing anymore. Schilling was completely irresponsible, and while I feel sorry for his family, I don't feel sorry for him at all. What a disaster.

 

He's got a 6 figure pension, he'll have to live like a normal person instead of a rich guy, but his family will be fine.

[Banedon]

I read that whole article, and I'm not laughing anymore. Schilling was completely irresponsible, and while I feel sorry for his family, I don't feel sorry for him at all. What a disaster.

 

He's got a 6 figure pension, he'll have to live like a normal person instead of a rich guy, but his family will be fine.

 

Depends on the outcomes of some of the lawsuits though.

[Cubswin11]

ESPN is re-introducing the 30 for 30 series and Simmons tweeted the fall schedule yesterday (he's involved as a producer on it I think and is one of the guys responsible for bringing it back) but the first episode is about pro players going broke. Figured this was a fitting thread to post it. Here's they synopsis

 

Broke (Billy Corben)

Broke explores the roads to fortune in American sports and eventually, the many detours to bankruptcy. Bernie Kosar, Andre Rison and Cliff Floyd are among the athletes who talk openly about the challenges of managing their money in an era when big contracts don’t necessarily support bigger lifestyles. Sucked into bad investments, stalked by freeloaders and saddled with medical problems, many pro athletes get shocked by harsh economic realities after years of living the high life. A story of the dark side of success, Broke is an allegory for the financial woes haunting economies and individuals all over the world.

 

It airs Oct. 2nd

[javy knows my name]

ESPN is re-introducing the 30 for 30 series and Simmons tweeted the fall schedule yesterday (he's involved as a producer on it I think and is one of the guys responsible for bringing it back) but the first episode is about pro players going broke. Figured this was a fitting thread to post it. Here's they synopsis

 

Broke (Billy Corben)

Broke explores the roads to fortune in American sports and eventually, the many detours to bankruptcy. Bernie Kosar, Andre Rison and Cliff Floyd are among the athletes who talk openly about the challenges of managing their money in an era when big contracts don’t necessarily support bigger lifestyles. Sucked into bad investments, stalked by freeloaders and saddled with medical problems, many pro athletes get shocked by harsh economic realities after years of living the high life. A story of the dark side of success, Broke is an allegory for the financial woes haunting economies and individuals all over the world.

 

It airs Oct. 2nd

 

So awesome.

 

So, they have to do one about the shortened season and/or the death of baseball in Montreal, right? I mean, they [expletive] have to.

[Cubswin11]

Forgot to post the link, here's the full 30 for 30 schedule with synopsis' of the episodes

 

http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2012/08/espn-films-announces-fall-schedule-for-30-for-30-vol-ii/

[rocket]

ooooh, bo jackson. awesome.

[MidoreX]

All the original 30 for 30s will be available via Netflix instant pretty soon, too... Nice. Missed way too many of them.

[Guest]

All the original 30 for 30s will be available via Netflix instant pretty soon, too... Nice. Missed way too many of them.

 

I didn't go through all of them to check but at least some of them are already up to stream.