providing that comfortable life for other people.
I could easily do that with 85 million. And whose lifes should I make comfortable? Where does my responsibility of providing for other people end? I have a lot of second cousins who I have never met, should I provide for them as well for example?
It is noble to help and support other people and I would like to do that, but that kind of thinking can cause people to lose it all. Many wealthy sport stars get into money trouble when they buy houses and cars for all their family members and friends. That's not smart and I wouldn't do that. If I am providing for other people I get to decide how to do it and who I support.
And again I say, you can invest that money and make more. Funny thing about money is that if you have it, you can make more. Buy stock, put your money in funds, buy companies, invest in appartments etc. So many ways to do it and make sure that the money lasts.
Like-minded as in by coincidence having the same employer? You might be idealizing what a professional sports team is here a little bit.
Based on what I have heard and seen from professional players and how they have connected with their teammates and made lifelong friendships, I would say that they didn't think of their teammates as just colleagues who happened to work in the same company. A lot of them have played together for years from junior hockey or on national teams or just during their summer training seasons. Everyone training to become better to reach the ultimate goal. That bonds people together. What I always hear from retired players is that they miss hanging out with their teammates and that locker room atmosphere.
Go watch locker room footage of any cup winning team and tell me that the players' relationships are comparable to a relationship of any office workers working in side by side cubicles.