Money Players: A Guide to Success in Sports, Business & Life for Current and Future Pro Athletes
By Marc Isenberg
www.MoneyPlayersBlog.com
As I have mentioned on several occasions, I set a goal in January to read 50 books in 2009. We are now about a week away from this year’s midway point and I am happy to report I am ahead of schedule. If I finish the book I am currently reading I will have read (or listened to) 33 books by July 1st!
I choose to expose myself to books on a variety of topics and read books that can some how help me in my own professional development. Money Players fits that description perfectly (which is why I chose it as my first book review!).
It is hard to adequately describe how valuable the book Money Players is to my line of work and how much insight it has provided in helping me see inside the bubble of a pro basketball player’s career off the court. This book is an absolute must read for any aspiring basketball player and anyone involved (or going to be involved) in that person’s life; parents, siblings, AAU and HS coaches, trainers, agents, advisors, lawyers, accountants, and teachers. This book emphasizes so many of the issues discussed this past week at the NBA Players Association Top 100 Camp. In fact, I gave out 20 copies of this book to several of the camps top players. I hope they take my advice and read it!
I have read this book, cover to cover, twice now and refer back to it often. It is very well written and very user friendly (short chapters, gets right to the point). I love Mr. Isenberg’s writing style. Money Players provides a game plan and strategy for being successful both on and off the court and gives great insight to the steps necessary for starting and maintaining a long playing career along with sustained financial success and security. This book examines the numerous pitfalls that have ruined and shortened so many basketball careers. Money Players illustrates the significance of every decision a basketball player makes, from picking an agent to dealing with the media to deciding which investments can help them retire wealthy. It also includes information on NCAA rules and guidelines, how to effectively prepare for the draft, and ways players can set up for post playing careers. This book gives players (and their inner circle) every tool they need to take full responsibility for their own success and shows them how to take ownership of their career path and their life. There is so much more to having a successful career than scoring points and winning championships!
Right from the jump, Mr. Isenberg shows he knows what he is talking about and that he is totally in tune with today’s players, by quoting hip hop mogul Jay-Z:
“I am not a businessman; I am a business, man.”
That quote sums it up Money Players pretty well.
Click here for a few excerpts from the book: http://moneyplayers.typepad.com/MPexcerpts.pdf
Click here for testimonials, table of contents, and to order: http://moneyplayers.typepad.com/MPinfo.pdf
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