From the BBJ

New England Patriots offensive lineman Matt Light and about 20 other star athletes loaned more than $8 million to a California real estate company that teamed up with Fidelity Investments and Citigroup Inc. to invest in apartment complexes before collapsing and filing for bankruptcy protection.

Light, Toronto Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay and Los Angeles Angels slugger Vladimir Guerrero are among a who’s who of U.S. superstars who made unsecured loans to Irvine, Calif.-based Atherton-Newport Investments LLC. The real estate company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January and is trying to reorganize. The company lists the names of the athletes and the amounts owed to them in schedules filed in federal bankruptcy court in California.

Among the biggest athlete investors were Cy Young winner Halladay, Guerrero and Chicago Blackhawks goalie Nikolai Khabibulin. Bankruptcy filings show the men are owed $1.17 million, $1.18 million and $1.33 million, respectively. They could not be reached for comment. Other athlete investors include Seattle Mariners pitcher Erik Bedard, former New York Rangers defenseman Brian Leetch, ex-New York Knicks great Patrick Ewing and Cleveland Cavaliers General Manager Danny Ferry, court records show.

So I guess pro athletes aren’t impervious to the Real Estate bubble. Somehow I think these guys will still manage to survive and put food on the table.