Rob Gronkowski podcast interview

    by Freddenver: NFL

    Rob Gronkowski revealed that he has never spent any of the $70 million from his NFL contract and salary. He explained that Drew gave him a $50,000 upfront marketing budget at the start, which he used to buy a car and pay for his rent in New England. Gronkowski also shared that he lived with a roommate for his first few years, paying $1,500 a month in rent, and described the experience as " #NFL

    Transcript (en)

    It actually started working because Drew gave me a $50,000. Technically, it's not true. Technically, it is true. Technically, it is true. Okay. Yes. Did I say it's not true? Yeah, you said technically. Oh, well, technically, I was wrong there. But technically, it's true. I meant it's true. Drew Rosenhaus actually gave me a $50,000 upfront marketing budget at the beginning, and you got to pay him back over the time, the first 50 grand you made. So I actually took that 50 grand. I bought me a car. I paid for my spot up in New England, actually, with it. and then as I was getting a couple deals I paid them off but just overall you know I actually I'm very frugal you know and live you know with a roommate my first couple years I didn't know how long the NFL was going to last I was a second round pick so it was like a four year four million dollar deal and I was like if I play this contract out I'll be set for life I got two million dollars in my bank I can make a hundred hundred two hundred thousand dollars of interest I was like if I only play three, four years, I'm good. And I wanted that situation for me too, that I could be good as well. Like, like if, Hey, if I don't ball, if I'm not the player, you know, that I think I could be whatever, I'm still set for life because 2 million in the bank is set for life to me, you know, at that time. Uh, so I, I just always wanted to save it. And I just use my money that I was getting off the field, uh, to just spend it on whatever I needed to spend it on. Uh, and then And therefore, it just kept continuing. And to this day, technically, I have not spent any of my on a phone. Yeah.