Comment Comment by aresant A few colorful facts to the story here:1) 3 years of service vests into NFL pension plan, he just hit qualification - value pegged at $21,360 a year for life (3)2) He has not publicly commented on his retirement or reasons for it.3) He has a hugely awesome secondary option - doctorate of math at MIT4) He was at end of his rookie contract, next year would be the "in the money" year for him so he is clearly leaving a lot of cash on the table.5) Over three years he "only" earned ~$1.8m http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens/john-urschel-145... - which after tax is 7 figures but still not a lot.6) He has been notoriously thrifty, living on $25k a year and driving a used car (2). So would imagine at some level he has been planning this outcome, or leaving option wide open.(1) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/07/27...(2) http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bs-sp-ravens-john-urschel...(3) http://firstquarterfinance.com/nfl-pension-plan-retirement-p... parent aresant 9 years ago
1) 3 years of service vests into NFL pension plan, he just hit qualification - value pegged at $21,360 a year for life (3)
2) He has not publicly commented on his retirement or reasons for it.
3) He has a hugely awesome secondary option - doctorate of math at MIT
4) He was at end of his rookie contract, next year would be the "in the money" year for him so he is clearly leaving a lot of cash on the table.
5) Over three years he "only" earned ~$1.8m http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens/john-urschel-145... - which after tax is 7 figures but still not a lot.
6) He has been notoriously thrifty, living on $25k a year and driving a used car (2). So would imagine at some level he has been planning this outcome, or leaving option wide open.
(1) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/07/27...
(2) http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bs-sp-ravens-john-urschel...
(3) http://firstquarterfinance.com/nfl-pension-plan-retirement-p...