I played high school ball with a guy who was a practice player for 5 or 6 years. He parlayed that into owning rental properties since he was a cheap shit.I knew a guy In LA whose son played in the pac ten then in the pros for a minute .. the guy raised his son to live like he made 40k a year.. to the point where the kid really didn’t protest too much by the time he was ready to go pro. Turned out the kid made near the league minimum for 4 years and then football was done. And he was set for life.