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Prospects Get Lesson In Finances - Tampa Tribune
...Huller, who says he originally retired at 27, works with NFL agents Roosevelt Barnes and Eugene Parker, who represent veterans such as Bucs LB Derrick Brooks and Pittsburgh WR Hines Ward, as well as Southern Cal RB LenDale White and Georgia G Max Jean-Gilles, two of the top prospects in the 2006 draft.

"Financial advice is very important for the rookies," Huller said. "You have to remember that 33 percent of the players who enter this league leave it in worse financial shape than when they went in. Our goal is to help them do what they want to do after their career is over, not what they have to do."

Huller puts Maximum's clients on a strict allowance. A player with a $10 million contract has to "get by" with $500,000 a year in spending money. The balance is invested to maximize net worth...