NFL player Odell Beckham Jr. is facing backlash for complaining about his $100 million contract, saying that, after taxes and other expenses, it’s been difficult for him to make the money last.
While many commenters focused on how much money that was to the average person, others zeroed in on a single word the former Giants wide receiver used in his rant: “flaunt.”
OBJ discussed his concerns during an appearance on Ryan Clark’s podcast last month, which is just now gaining traction and circulating on social media.
“And I always explain this to people. Like bro, you give somebody a 5-year, $100 million contract, right? What is it really? It’s 5 years for $60M. You’re getting taxed. Do the math—that’s $12M a year, you know, that you have to spend, use, save, invest, flaunt … just being real. I’m going to buy a car. I’m going to give my mom a house. Everything costs money. So, if you’re spending $4M a year, that’s really $40M over five years — $8M a year,” Beckham Jr. said.
“That’s a five-year span of where you’re getting $8M [per year]. Can you make that last forever? And you always hear the people who ain’t us and ain’t been in the position to be, ‘Oh, well that would last a lifetime.’”
Many reactions mentioned how the NFL player has a large collection of luxury cars, which would contribute to the “flaunt” portion of his budget.
“It’s incredibly easy to make $100M, even after taxes, last a lifetime. Let’s not pretend it isn’t,” one reply on X said. “After taxes + agent + business manager, you’re still clearing $10M a year. Live on $3–5M, invest the rest in an index fund. Retire with $25–30M invested, generating $1.5–2M a year forever. It’s not complicated.”
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“Can we be honest? There is no way one cannot make 60 [mil] liquid last for a lifetime (and then some!) unless they are living WAY beyond their means,” another commenter agreed. “This issue here is NOT that people don’t understand your lifestyle & what its like to be u. The issue is your lifestyle is eating away your wealth because you are living BEYOND your means.”
Plenty of other reactions focused on the optics of anyone complaining about making millions of dollars.
“I am not sure how much empathy he is going to get from the average person who is struggling with the current economy,” one person observed.
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