You have to undersand that these are guys who for the most part are ignorant to their ignorance. A lot would not pass a GED exam. The few that came from the college ranks were there for hockey, with majors that no realistic individual would look at. Yes, there are exceptions.
These are individuals who, for the most part, truly do not understand what is going on around them in a business sense. The less ignorant ones have someone to help manage their money, but even then are usually robbed blind by said person. The ignorant ones just end up broke from lavish spending on consumables and fast depreciating assets (cars, etc). Again, I say this from experience having known many of these individuals, and their lifestyles.
These guys are expected to understand how a business operates? How a CBA functions? Understand that it was more financially beneficial to not operate last season than to operate (see porduce/not produce theories of general cost accounting)?
These are themental equivilent of high schoolers being led by a lawyer. They don't have the mental acumen, nor education such as myself or some others here. They don't comprehend the entire scope of what was going on. I don't blame them for their ignorance, as it was a career choice. I do blame them if they did not question or attempt to fully comprehend the situation they were dealing with (I cannot say who did, and who didn't, since I don't know what fully happened with ah individual behind losed doors).