Travis Henry Has Baby's Momma Drama--Times 9

What in the world has my man Travis Henry gotten himself into?

According to a reports, Travis Henry, former Broncos running back, has 9 children with 9 different mothers.

That’s right. It wasn’t enough for him to produce 9 children before the age of 30, but he had to make each child with a different woman. In the report, Henry says it was the old “I’m on the pill” ruse that made him a victim to the game, but any brotha with half of an education should no better than to that.

That said, Henry can’t do anything about that anymore. He has the 9 children and the 9 different baby’s mommas, and now he has to pay for all 18 of them. If you will recall, Henry signed a $25 million contract with the Denver Broncos back in 2007. However, he was cut last year because of his injury problems, and now—well, let’s just say he is a millionaire no more despite having been paid $6.7 million of the original $25 million.

Now, let’s say he probably only saw $3.3 million of that after taxes since signing that contract (nevermind all of the money he has made in the past). That’s a lot of money to have nothing right now. What exactly did he do with it? He says he bought $250,000 worth of jewelry, but that leaves over $3 million to spare. Of course, there were agent fees, but that should leave him with at list $2.5 million. So I don’t understand how he is struggling so.

But even if he did manage to save his money, I don’t think he could have afforded the $170,000 a year that he would have to pay in child support fees—at least not forever. You see, that number is based on Henry’s old salary, where he was making ten’s of thousands of dollars per month. Now he makes nothing, as his off the field troubles have taken him away from the game of football that allowed him to afford his luxurious lifestyle. At $170,000 a year for his kids and baby’s mommas, and at least a $100,000 for him and his own soon-to-be-wife, he would only be able to afford the combined $270,000 a year for a little more than 9 years. He certainly won’t be able to play football 9 years from now, and not to slight Henry’s Tennessee education, but I don’t think he is qualified to make $270,000 a year doing anything else.

But despite Henry’s drop in income, the courts won’t lower his payments. I can’t imagine why not. Sure, his kids and baby’s mommas should be afforded the lifestyle Henry introduced them to, so long as he was continuing to live it himself. Once Henry’s money went away, the high monthly payments should have went away. Granted, I’m not sure how much cheaper the payments could have been. If he is expected to be the sole provider for 9 different families, then $18,888 per year (the average payment to each of his baby’s mommas) certainly is not enough. It’s really not even enough to be half of a household income. So I guess the courts can’t help him out.

And they shouldn’t. He doesn’t deserve their help. I mean, he had to know he couldn’t play football forever, so trying to pay for 9 families shouldn’t have been a part of his agenda. But he couldn’t keep his wayward manhood away from every pretty little thing he saw, and he got himself into this mess, and I don’t feel sorry for him.

However, Henry’s fault or not, he will never be able to afford his annual payments ever again. And if the courts don’t lower his payments, he’ll be in debt for the rest of his life. So unless his baby momma’s starting chippin’ a little bit more in on that child support costs, I think Mr. Henry will be seeing the inside of a courtroom for the majority of his remaining years.

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