With such a team friendly contract, Axel didn’t get a signing bonus last season when he agreed to accept a 2 year deal extension to be traded to Baltimore. That didn’t stop him from spending some dough though in the summer before the season started. Axel took a semi-extravagant trip in the spring and summer to tour Asia and explore his South East Asian roots as his father is half Cambodian. Axel toured China, Japan, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and finally the Philippines all within a 2 month time period. It was a great trip that allowed him to relax, see new sights, and meet new people all while connecting with a part of his ancestry. He thoroughly enjoyed spending time on the beaches and used his money to help some of the poorer developing countries by constructing parks for kids to play in as a way for them to have a safe and comfortable area to play in without the dangers of the big city. After his trip to Asia, Axel came back and celebrated Mother’s Day with his mom in the states by buying her a new, pearl white Mercedes Benz to show her how much he loved her. Mamma we made it!
Signing his contract with Yellowknife made Morgan Marshall a millionaire for the first time in his life. It’s only fitting that he used the money to travel to his favorite place on Earth, Walt Disney World. It’s a long way from Canada, but the Most Magical Place on Earth beckons, and Marshall answered the call. Marshall indulged in a week and a half long stay at the Fort Wilderness campgrounds with his family, stopping by for four days in the parks. First he traveled to Epcot, using early magic hours to beat the lines on Soarin’ and Test Track before meandering around World Showcase. A day at the Magic Kingdom followed, with rides on all three of the major mountains (Space, Splash, and Big Thunder) as well as other favorites like the Haunted Mansion and the Tomorrowland Transit Authority Peoplemover. The third day was at Animal Kingdom, where Marshall spent the day running between Expedition Everest and Avatar: Flight of Passage. Instead of spending his last park day at Hollywood Studios, which would be incredibly crowded and not worth spending a full day on, Marshall traveled back to Magic Kingdom to close out his vacation with the best theme park on Earth.
Transgender lesbian, S15 veteran, media extraordinaire, and the sim's punching bag. Fascists and bigots are welcome to fuck off.
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James Bishop is very frugal. We know this because he still lives with his parents and doesn’t pay for anything unless he has too. Bishop has not yet received a signing bonus or a large bonus of any kind. Most of the pay he receives for being part of the Yeti and other organizations goes back to the organization. Colorado requires players to pay for their own training and equipment. This in turn has left James quite broke. Sometime he can be found sleeping in the training facilities, which I’m sure doesn’t go over well with management. Bishop hopes one day that he will be the top receiver in the league or one of the top so he can demand more money and not have to work as hard or at least not have to pay for his own training and equipment. If he were to have a large signing bonus or contract I could see him giving his parents a large sum of money and possibly donate some as well. If the money from the NSFL doesn’t work out in the end he could follow his dream and side job of hosting Jeopardy. Alex is on borrowed time and James already knows the show as he has had to fill in a few times. Maybe they will pay him the money that he deserves.
SHOW ME THE MONEY could be heard all the way down the street from Rod Tidwell. What am I, Rod Tidwell, going to buy with my new money? Rod Tidwell knows one thing and one thing well. Rod Tidwell, likes money. Money can buy you a house, a car, support your family, let you live your best life, and all of these things relate to the amount of Kwan you have. The Kwan is associated with the amount of respect and comfort-ability you have in life. This is why Rod Tidwell has decided to use that new money to buy a big house for his family and a couple cars in Austin, TX.
Austin took THE best player in this draft in Rod Tidwell, so the least he could do was settle down here. Arizona didn't want the Arizona kid, Rod Tidwell, this makes me angry. So I've decided to move my family to Austin, TX. Rod Tidwell, bought himself a nice new home, close to his teammates. This allows for them to grow as a team together, gain respect together, create a sense of community together, and hopefully one day win a Championship together. With all of this how could Rod Tidwell, not have all of the Kwan.
Nate Swift is fresh off his newly minted contract with the Yellowknife Wraiths. They have locked him in as their Wide receiver of the future and so he plans to make Yellowknife his long term home. With that in mind, he spends part of it on his new house. It isn’t the biggest house in Yellowknife, he leaves that to Bigsby, but it is close to all the things he needs and keeps him relatively comfortable. With that taken care of, he decides on his next venture. He knows NSFL careers can be fleeting, so he lives relatively modestly. With his funds, he begins the process of starting to plan for his post career, career and begins putting funds towards starting his own business. He thought long and hard about what kind of business he wanted and eventually settled on real estate. Yellowknife has been voted the fastest growing city in Canada in the last 15 years since the Wraiths have moved to town. Swift is capitalizing on that and has plans to expand his company all over Canada. When his playing career is over, he will be able to immediately transition his life towards real estate mogul. A few smart investments along the way will set him up for a stable long term future.
Ricardo Morris is going to be using his signing bonus to treat his older cousin, retired and former Arizona Outlaw safety, and brief Baltimore Hawk, Darren Morris to a lavish weekend at some cottage up in Minnesota or Canada. He'll fly them private jet, rent a sweet spot on the water with the best deck and grill, and they will celebrate together his achievement going in the first round to the place where Darren called home for almost a decade: Arizona. Considering they both played in the desert, there will be lots to talk about, least of which is the fact that Dean Jackson is still playing for the Outlaws, despite being the same age as Darren. So they'll catch up, do some workouts, do some fishing, drink some beers, and just have a fantastic celebration weekend in the middle of nowhere. Some poker, some cards. Nothing too fancy, no big mansion purchase, crazy car purchase. Ricardo is all about experiencing the moment and he'll look to do that on this vacation with his older cousin. Then again, if anything is left then he might look at getting a nice place in Phoenix or somewhere. After all, a man's got to have nice digs.
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RICARDO MORRIS
Arizona Outlaws | Defensive Tackle | S15 - Present Career: 554 TPE | 82 TCK | 4 TFL | 2/1 FR/FF | 10 SCK | 1 TD
With my signing bonus I am going to buy my entire team new pairs of underwear. I think an underrated part of the game is being comfortable and I think a lot of people don't take it seriously enough. It's time for us to start appreciating how our bodies feel when we are able to wear a high level quality of underwear. So for this reason, I will spend my signing bonus on under wear, especially for all of he wide receievrs and defensive backs out there that have to run around the entire game. They are absolute legends, so they can have new underwear. I will also provide new, high quality socks to practice in and a different pair for game day. Athletes simply have some of the ugliest feet in the world and do not want that to occur on our team. I want our feet to be so healthy that we could be foot models if thats what we wanted to do one day. So my new socks will keep us fresh during practice an ensure that our bodies are well taken care of. For myself, I will buy a new cup because my penis has been getting crunched lately as I haven't worn a cup.
Called "...actually one of the worst people in sim leagues." by an "anonymous" reviewer.
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