So, you think Maybin, Mensa member that he is, was prognosticating all along for a very short direct descent nosedive sort of NFL career and invested the bulk of his "earnings" shrewdly, eh? Based on ... what? ... his choice of haircut?
For his sake Senator, I hope your guess has some tendrils in reality; but, as Tusser wrote, "A fool and his money are soon parted."