My husband and I chose to "invest in ourselves first" by automating our payments towards our credit card debts, and our retirement and emergency savings. We didn't want to wait to see if we would have money available at the end of each month. Our payments were never late, and they occurred each month like clockwork..There's another regular, originally from the neighborhood, who seldom rolls up in the same car twice in a row. On this Wednesday it's a tan SUV. He goes 6'6", maybe 280 pounds, wearing a Phillies cap, a gold tube of a necklace, a red Tshirt reading WITHOUT VICTORY THERE IS NO SURVIVAL.

Practice squad players practice alongside regular roster players during the week, but they are not allowed to play in actual games. They can be paid considerably less than active squad players: The minimum salary from 2008 to 2010 is $5,200 per week (20082010)[1] for 17 weeks, or $88,400 per season, in comparison to the NFL minimum rookie salary of $285,000. (Some