Several years ago, another NFL quarterback wanted a brand-new, black Lamborghini.
He was involved with a charity that rewarded celebrities for their presence and draw, not an uncommon thing - it sweetens the pot - and so he aranged to donate the purchase price of the exact car he wanted to the charity.
He was featured at their banquet - introduced all around, shook a lot of hands, was told how wonderful he was, made his presence known. And for all he did for the organization, he was awarded with (drumroll..................) a brend new, black Lamborghini - just what he always wanted. More applause, fawning.
So: he had to declare the car as a gift for tax purposes, but offset the gift with a deduction for his donation to the charity. He had to fork out the dough for the car, but was able to take it off his taxes. I can't do that - because I simply wouldn't. It takes a certain mindset, I guess.
Not much later, he went out and got drunk and wrecked it. None of this is on his resume' I don't suppose; like his similar bad press it's been minimized, revised to the point of swooning, or swept under the rug, but I followed the story when it made a scroll down item in the news feeds.
The player who did this recently retired.
