Bankrupt Allen Iverson Has A $30 Million Reebok Trust Fund That He Can't Touch Till 2030
Random Celebrity ArticleBy Brian Warner on March 1, 2014
Life after basketball has not been kind to former All-Star Allen Iverson. Unfortunately, an athlete going brokeretirement is becoming a fairly common story, but Iverson's fall from grace is especially shocking and sad. This is a guy who at one point was one of the highest paid athletes in the world, earning more than $20 million per season in salary alone. He is now bankrupt with over a million dollars worth of debt. On the other hand, there is a bright side. As part of his divorce proceedings, it was revealed that at the peak of his career, Reebok set aside a $30 million rainy day trust fund for Iverson. The problem is, he can't touch it until 2030, when he is 55 years old.
Allen Iverson Trust Fund
During his 15 seasons in the NBA, Allen Iverson was an 11 time All Star, league MVP, rookie of the year and a four time NBA scoring champion. In 2008, ESPN ranked him as the fifth best NBA player of all time behind George Gervin, Jerry West, Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan (in that order). As an NBA player, Allen Iverson made $154.5 million in salary alone. His peak earning season was 2008-2009, when he was paid $20.8 million by the Detroit Pistons. His largest career contracts include a $71 million six-year deal in 1999 and a $77 million four-year deal in 2003.
After feuding with the 76ers management during the 2005-2006 season, Iverson spent the final five years of his career bouncing around the league putting up seasons that were mostly memorable for his lackluster performance and more feuds. Allen attempted to put together a comeback oversees by playing for a team in Turkey and another in China. Neither experience was a success.
Throughout his career Iverson's wasteful spending was legendary. He frequently traveled with an entourage of up to 50 people. He showered these same people with luxurious jewelry, expensive cars and exotic vacations. He was also a bad gambler in both senses of the word. Iverson was known to drop over a million dollars gambling in a single evening in Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Allen's financial problems came to light after his wife of eight years Tawanna filed for divorce and demanded custody and full support for their five children. In a December 2012 court disclosure, Iverson told a judge that his monthly income was $62,500 but his expenses were $360,000! Of that $360k, $125k went to paying back various creditors and another a large chunk goes to mortgages. Iverson-owned homes in Denver and Atlanta were eventually lost to foreclosure and a Georgia judge ordered him to repay nearly $900,000 to a local jeweler.
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This is where things get a bit tricky. As stated above, the divorce proceedings taught us that Allen was essentially $1 million in debt and losing more than $200,000 every month. Furthermore, we heard stories about Allen's continuing struggle with alcohol and his inability to maintain a job. But despite all the bad news, we also learned that Allen is actually still a very rich man with millions upon millions of dollars in the bank. There's just one small catch. He can't touch any of it for 17 more years, in the year 2030. It turns out that back at the peak of his playing days, Allen Iverson signed a lucrative endorsement contract with shoe company Reebok. $30 million from the contract was set aside as a rainy day trust fund that Allen will inherit when he turns 55. Unfortunately, even though he desperately needs the money now, he wont get a dime for 17 more years. And to make matters worse, when he does finally inherit the trust it will be $15 million less than he originally planned. The existence of this trust fund came to light after it was revealed in divorce disclosures that his ex-wife Tawanna was awarded 50% of the rainy day fund, to be delivered at the same future date. In the meantime, Allen is in a deep hole that keeps getting deeper every month. His potential for earning more income is quickly diminishing and he has a long ways to go before he will be rich again…
What do you think will happen to Allen Iverson between now and 2030? How will he survive? Any chance of a come back?
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