The home of ex- NFL all-pro lineman and former “Dancing with the Stars” contestant Warren Sapp has been bought by fitness guru Brenda Dykgraaf, according to Jose Lambiet’s Gossip Extra.
The 51-year-old Ab Roller inventor got the $7 million mansion for $2.1 million.
Broward County resident and former University of Miami star Sapp once played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers under one of the league’s richest contracts that paid him $450,000 per game.
Sapp filed for bankruptcy in April and was forced to auction his 10,000-square-foot mansion outside Orlando to the highest bidder.
The home includes a lazy river, a two-story-high wine bottle display, a dock on Lake Butler and hand-decorated ceilings and walls throughout.
In addition, the house is down the street from where golfer Tiger Woods famously crashed his car at Thanksgiving 2009.
A fool and his money soon part.
The Lessons Learned? “Live within your means”, These great athletes like Sap often don’t realize or plan for retirement.
What a shame
These professional athletes really need some financial management courses. My grandmother was a financial wizard, with very little education. It’s amazing to me how uneducated our folks are about finances. I have a friend who runs her own business, but she doesn’t own the building that she is in, nor does she own the house that she lives in, but she drives a Range Rover!?! REALLY. You’re renting, but you drive a $50,000 vehicle. I have a relative who lives in subsidized housing, and I see nicer cars in the parking lot of her “project” complex than where I live where mayors and commissioners are my neighbors. I have friends who preteen children have on $150 sneakers, carry $500 cellphones, and wear the latest fashions, but the parents don’t have LIFE INSURANCE! And, “save” is a four-letter word to folks.