I don't disagree with that. My problem is that these young men, most of them, have been used at every level to pad someone else's pockets. Even at most universities they are not educated, but passed through simply to keep them on the field. Why wouldn't they make ill advised decisions? I don't think finishing their college education should be sacrificed by one ill advised decision. That's just me.
Thomas I agree, stay in school, get a degree first and foremost, it will last the rest of your life. You mentioned something know one else did, you touched on it, and I have always thought this. When a player is still playing he gets the special benefits that comes with that, school is SO MUCH easier, they pass you through to keep you eligible, u basically get away with murder on your grades, you get an A instead of a D or even an F, BECAUSE YOUR ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM, you come out early and bomb, go back to school to finish your degree, only now your name is not in red in teachers roll book. That means you actually have to do the work, and it has to be right, WTF, you come all the way through school without having to do jack, never even written your own paper, just signed your name to it, now your on the tail end of your degree and we know how hard those last classes are, most can't do it, no way no how. Take advantage of having your name in red while you can, it won't be like that when you come back, this exact thing happened to Tex, only I didn't go to the league, once the doctors declared I was done, they would not sign off on playing again, ever, I left school and went to work, came back the next semester to finish degree after getting a taste of the real world, that real world sucked. Thank god I had enough snap to bare down and get it done, would hate to have to live in that real world I mentioned. Now for the money thing, we know most of these guys are dirt poor, we know how enticing a little money is to them, everyone knows this, including the agents, who are crooked ****'s to the core. My point is you have been dirt poor your whole life, another year of status quo is not gonna hurt you, matter of fact its gonna make you that much richer, baring injury. These guys obviously are not getting the right counceling, not many times has a player come out early, drafted late, and had a good long career, odds are stacked against you big time. First round, sure, second round, maybe, third round, no freaking way, too many reasons to go back to school at that point. What blows my mind more than this is the guy who has made more than 10 million bucks and goes broke, yea I know momma needs a house but damm man, and it even happens to guys that are smart, like Bernie, dude is very smart, maybe common sense I don't know but that's just insane. NFL has mandatory class for rook's coming in to teach them the dangers of money, they tell them exactly what's gonna happen and they let it happen anyway, unreal, I don't feel sorry for them at all, hey, you let 5 mill slip through your fingers, so sorry, maybe should have engaged your brain instead of letting someone else tend your business. You take someone that has never had any money and give them a million dollars and just sit back and watch, amazing. OTOH I read where Gronk has never touched one cent of his NFL money, lived 100% off his endorsements etc, wonder if he will be lookin for work after football lol wonder what kind of interest his money is generating, and its just going right back in, he should give advise speeches to the young guns when he's done playing. I just imagine he lives pretty high on the hog (Texas lingo) as it is without getting into his ball money. All this investment stuff the guys bite on is a bunch of crap, they don't need to invest in jack, just live like a normal person making 200k and bank the rest, never have a worry the rest of your life.Sorry so long winded guys but you hate to see it happen, especially to one of ours
