Why NFL star Michael Bennett skips direct deposit and keeps his checks 'until the end of the season' (via CNBCMakeIt)
Michael Bennett #77 of the New England Patriots looks on from the sidelines during the preseason game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on August 8, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan.NFL player Michael Bennett is a three-time Pro Bowler and star defensive end for the New England Patriots. In 2009, he signed with the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent and has since made millions in his career.
"I keep my checks until the end of the season to make sure I don't spend any money. And then at the end of the season, I deposit it," he says.at the end of this season, says he lives off the money he budgeted and saved from previous years. "I had different jobs, and I used to save my money to buy me and my brother's school clothes," he says. "I worked at a water park, a grocery store and most of the time I was a lifeguard. I was a lifeguard for four years."by the time his mother, Caronda, was just 20 years old, according to a profile of the athlete in The New Yorker. His father was in the Navy. They divorced when Bennett was young.
In fact, for the first three years of his career, Bennett says he lived out of a hotel room in an effort to save money. One time, he says, he tried to settle down and rent a home in Seattle, but he instantly regretted that decision because he got cut from the Seahawks a few days later.
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