Pro football player leaves behind $37 million contract to become a farmer - Polidicks

[quote]LOUISBURG, N.C. – A NFL player has left behind his $37 million contract in order to do something he has never done before: become a North Carolina farmer. According to CBS News, St. Louis Rams center Jason Brown quit football to be a full time farmer and now is on a mission to feed the state’s residents who are hungry. Brown purchased 1,000 acres of farm land and has started growing crops like sweet potatoes and cucumbers. “My agent told me, ‘You’re making the biggest mistake of your life,’” Brown told CBS. “And I looked right back at him and I said, ‘No I’m not. No I’m not.’” Brown learned the tricks of the trade from none other than watching videos on YouTube, since he had never actually farmed a day in his life. He also spent time gathering advice from local farmers in Louisburg. He is calling the farm, the “First Fruits Farm,” and as part of his plan, Brown is donating the first fruits of every harvest to area food pantries. He just recently finished his first harvest of a five acre plot of sweet potatoes; a whopping 100,000 pounds of food, which he donated to the needy. He says his plan was inspired by God, and believes a life of service is much more fulfilling than his previous line of work. “When you see them pop up out of the ground, man, it’s the most beautiful thing you could ever see,” Brown said, who says he’s never felt more successful. With his farm he plans to make a dent in his state’s hunger population.[/quote] [url]http://fox4kc.com/2014/11/17/pro-football-player-leaves-behind-37-million-contract-to-become-a-farmer/[/url]

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Good for him, I'm glad he decided to do something more with his life than be in the NFL, regardless if it was religiously motivated or not. It takes a lot of balls to walk away from all that money and work to help the needy. [B]EDIT:[/B] Video from the article: [video=youtube;ZOL2zTgweMs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOL2zTgweMs[/video]

working link: [url]http://fox4kc.com/2014/11/17/pro-football-player-leaves-behind-37-million-contract-to-become-a-farmer/[/url]

That's really fucking cool of him to do that.

That's a good guy right there.

[QUOTE=Aw3s0m3n3ss;46530541]404 on source.[/QUOTE] My fault sorry, uaredead2020 posted the working link. I'll try and edit the OP

didn't do some ironic comercial a while back where he was in some weird situation like this i mean this is an amazingly altruistic decision, i hope he works out

[QUOTE=Ta16;46530545]Good for him, I'm glad he decided to do something more with his life than be in the NFL, regardless if it was religiously motivated or not.[/QUOTE] You make out like that makes it a bad thing.

[QUOTE=ilikecorn;46530639]Wow this is literally the best thing he could have done to accomplish his goal. Not only did he use his money to feed the hungry, he used his money to create a continuing source of food for the hungry. To abandon a life of wealth and dedicate one's self to a life of helping others is truly impressive in this day and age. Also. Those yields. They're pretty spectacular for a first yield with no experience.[/QUOTE] He's probably not abandoning a life of wealth. Farming can be a profitable enterprise, though obviously less so than a $37 million contract.

What a generally awesome guy

God bless that man.

That's really nice of him. Apparently he also lives 3 hours from where I live, neat.

The World needs more people like him.

Having all that money in the bank he doesn't have to worry about shit, props to him.

I disagree with you all. He could have kept his job in the NFL and instead of doing the work himself he could have hired those people who are hungry (Who likely need jobs in order to pay for food and other necessities) and started a non profit organization dedicated to helping the hungry. I mean its great that hes doing this, but there are better ways to do so when you have a contract for 37 million dollars.

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[QUOTE=Explosions;46530744]He's probably not abandoning a life of wealth. Farming can be a profitable enterprise, though obviously less so than a $37 million contract.[/QUOTE] I don't know, donating the first harvest doesn't seem like someone who's profit-driven would be doing

[QUOTE=SparkDog;46531113]I don't know, donating the first harvest doesn't seem like someone who's profit-driven would be doing[/QUOTE] this. He clearly has money in the bank, probably quite a few million.

[QUOTE=Explosions;46530744]He's probably not abandoning a life of wealth. Farming can be a profitable enterprise, though obviously less so than a $37 million contract.[/QUOTE] It can, the only caveat is that your profits are literally at the mercy of nature a lot of the time, it can take one dry spell to fuck up your harvest pretty good. Though i've never worked on a farm in my life so i'm obviously no expert here. He's also in a good position since he's probably got reserve funds to help him stay afloat for a time if things do go bad for him harvestwise.

should farm chickens for eggs and what not, dude down the road from me sells 24 eggs for $6 CAD. makes a good living because of the price and seasonal weather won't fuck around

[QUOTE=Ta16;46530545]Good for him, I'm glad he decided to do something more with his life than be in the NFL, regardless if it was religiously motivated or not. It takes a lot of balls to walk away from all that money and work to help the needy. [B]EDIT:[/B] Video from the article: [video=youtube;ZOL2zTgweMs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOL2zTgweMs[/video][/QUOTE] I wonder what sort of benefit they get from not allowing people outside America to watch the video, its not like downloading youtube unblocker or hola is hard.

I watch football and it doesn't work that way. He probably got a 37 million dollar contract but he wasn't going to get paid 37 million dollars. They give you a smaller portion guaranteed(he keeps this), then the rest is spread out over the life of the contract. If they release you then they don't have to pay you. So if they release him after paying 20 million dollars, they don't owe him the other 17 million. So it's more like he signed a contract, collected his guaranteed money, then left football to do whatever(which happens to be farming).

[quote]He just recently finished his first harvest of a five acre plot of sweet potatoes; a whopping 100,000 pounds of food, which he donated to the needy.[/quote] Daaaayum son.

I would happily give my farm away for that kind of wage.

I'm surprised he learned all that just from watching YouTube videos

[QUOTE=KillerJaguar;46531659]I'm surprised he learned all that just from watching YouTube videos[/QUOTE] Youtube videos and some guys giving some light guidance can take you pretty damn far, It's amazing that society is at a point where you can almost learn everything you need in your career through the internet

[QUOTE=darkrei9n;46531044]I disagree with you all. He could have kept his job in the NFL and instead of doing the work himself he could have hired those people who are hungry (Who likely need jobs in order to pay for food and other necessities) and started a non profit organization dedicated to helping the hungry. I mean its great that hes doing this, but there are better ways to do so when you have a contract for 37 million dollars.[/QUOTE] He might not have $37 million based on what's been said earlier. Your idea is still good though :V If I won a stupid amount on the lottery (say, £10 million), I'd purchase properties in full and rent them out while still working. I would use the profit from the property "business" for nice things and charity.

candied yams are fucking delicious

[QUOTE=Arc Nova;46531140]this. He clearly has money in the bank, probably quite a few million.[/QUOTE] IIRC hes only donating a small section of his land to the "first harvest" gig. Something like 5acres