You are Kyle Murray.......

[bambam]

.......and you just won the Heisman. You now have the option to enter the NFL draft or accept the MLB offer with the "A's" and a 4.6m signing bonus, what do you do?

REASONS YOU DO WHAT YOU DO.

 

[Captain Uberpants]

Baseball, more $. Guaranteed contracts. Less risk.

 

[Cajuncane]

Baseball..one reason...guaranteed money.

 

[305407cane]

Hearts in football. The brain says baseball

 

[Dilber]

Baseball, 100%. Less likely to have serious brain injuries, and have a longer career. Salaries are higher as well.

 

[Go Canes!!]

Big money now is always better than potential big money later.

 

[ben]

I think he declares for the NFL draft and still tries to do both

 

[thisismyusername]

Baseball, more $. Guaranteed contracts. Less risk.

it's honestly a no-brainer, even if he were to become a star-QB, he could live a much better/richer life playing baseball

 

[The Real Kirk Lazarus]

Ask for 15 million like he did and see if oakland pays up. Put my name in the nfl draft as leverage sicne they are talking about being a high draft pick. win/win scenario

 

[SoFlaSmitty]

Will make more money in the NFL. Even if drafted at the bottom of the 1st he would get more money. Playing baseball he could bounce around the minors and never get that guaranteed money.

 

[DamnLiesAndStatistics]

If the A's offer him the $15 million he was asking for, baseball. No cap, less chance of injury, guaranteed contracts.

If they don't make that offer, football. Take the money while you can get it. $15 million (what he gets if he goes 16 in the draft, roughly where he's projected) is enough to set you up for life

 

[S.CarolinaCane]

.......and you just won the Heisman. You now have the option to enter the NFL draft or accept the MLB offer with the "A's" and a 4.6m signing bonus, what do you do?

REASONS YOU DO WHAT YOU DO.

Two sports... But if I had to pick one, definitely baseball

 

[Mario Hurricanes]

MLB - more money, longer career.

 

[Dhatguy]

Baseball easily, more money, longer career.

 

[caneallday21]

Football

 

[SFbayCane]

Beisboll wheel be berry berry good to Kyler Murray.

 

[6ix Natty's]

Enter the NFL Draft for leverage. Everybody thinks baseball has more guarantee $, but that's only if you're a superstar. The A's wouldn't guarantee 15M, Josh Rosen signed for 17.5M guaranteed.

 

[OldhamA]

Ask for 15 million like he did and see if oakland pays up. Put my name in the nfl draft as leverage sicne they are talking about being a high draft pick. win/win scenario

Oakland won't pay $15m.

MLB might, but they'd have to foot $10m of that bill.

If I'm Murray I go and play baseball. He's 5'9", with the best will in the world he's not succeeding as a QB in the NFL at that height (and build).

I understand why he's done it as the NFL is far more glamorous and less of a grind (162 game season?!), but it's not what I'd do in his shoes.

 

[EL U]

His college baseball stats are good but don't seem like an "all-time prospect" to me. Batting average just below .300 and an OPS under 1.000 make me wonder Mr. Moneyball Billy Beane is so interested in this player.

 

[brock]

More guranteed money early on in football if he ends up as a top 10 pick. Plus he may have a 4.6 million signing bonus but not everyone makes it out of the minor league to receive those big contracts even some of the top draft picks.

 

[OldhamA]

If the A's offer him the $15 million he was asking for, baseball. No cap, less chance of injury, guaranteed contracts.

If they don't make that offer, football. Take the money while you can get it. $15 million (what he gets if he goes 16 in the draft, roughly where he's projected) is enough to set you up for life

Would you want your favourite team's GM to take a 5'9", 180lb QB with a first round pick?

He's a third round flyer.