he has had a bit of a slade o over the years in his personal life. you ve spoken about him not being dissimilar to other athletes, mismanaging sudden wealth and so on. many of these athlete whose get the big wind falls of cash don t have the skills to manage it. and there are people in their lives who are asking for handouts and maintaining a certain lifestyle. in tennis, there s the added wrinkle of players responsible for their own expenses. unlike an athlete for a professional football team would have the team pay for their expenses. becker was shelling out the money for that. can you take about half of his money away for taxes.