How many make those millions? How many keep them after 5 years out the league?I heard something like 50-75% are bankrupt at that time .
"The 'pros' are telling me I'm a 1st rounder!" So does this player retire with 3/4 games left?
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You do realize the minimum salary for a practice squad player is $255,000 a year. With a vast majority of the year off. So if you never suit up and hang on to the practice squad for 4 years, like most guys do, you've made a million dollars by the time your 26 years old. That doesn't include the world class medical, healing, training and dieting you get along the way.
Let's not go comparing new college grads to athletes that were used up by a university for a few years over some classes, room and board and some free sweatshirts and backpacks.
He didn’t sit on his a$$. He prepped for his occupation where he is excelling. It’s odd that players looking out for themselves over your opinion are the villains. There seems to be a lot of geriatric takes on this site. Sorry you bought the NCAA’s fairy tale of this being an amateur sport. It hasn’t been in decades.
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How man years do they have to makes those bucks? This idea they can play forever or their occupation is the same as others in an office is really out of touch IMO. Setting themselves up for a more comfortable life isn’t some high crime. In the grand scheme of things, moving up in the draft is probably better for them than playing Arkansas. Some fans don’t like it or understand it, but they certainly didn’t have that choice to make.
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This thread, that I "unfortunately" started, reminded me of how little "we know" about any sport at the college/pro level. I had a pitcher that could dot an ey/thread a needle with an 88 mph curve ball (fast touched 90 at times)...yet, the most important measurable for/to these scouts, seemed to be the time it took for him to get from the mound to first base. Go figure!
So maybe NFL teams should stop putting their top players on the bench in the last few weeks when certain things are locked up?
This is the same premise as opting out of a bowl game that has limited meaning.....
Don't play in the game because the risk of injury is too great and we would like you to be more available and ready for something more meaningful in future.
Don't tell me it is not the same because it is. Don't play a game that has little or no meaning in order to be more ready for something that does have more meaning.
This is the same premise as opting out of a bowl game that has limited meaning.....
Don't play in the game because the risk of injury is too great and we would like you to be more available and ready for something more meaningful in future.
Don't tell me it is not the same because it is. Don't play a game that has little or no meaning in order to be more ready for something that does have more meaning.
Choice is fine , but the game will change and some will stop watching . Might not matter , it's just money ball now. I know it's turned me off and the major reason I loved psu football will now be gone.
If Penn State had won more games and gone to a more a meaningful bowl, things would be different. Less guys would opt out of NY6 even if not in the playoffs. They aren't because they have 5 losses. They put themselves in this position. If Alabama were playing in the Duke's Mayo Bowl the entire team that was draft eligible would opt out. You know why? Because the Duke's Mayo Bowl has little meaning to them personally and to the University, in fact it would be a huge disappointment for the program for them to go there.
Yes, it's the same. You're attaching your own emotions to it, which is the real problem.
Really is that right? I assume you have some metrics to backup that ridiculous claim.
They'll have a lot more fun doing it than some new to the workplace kid making a couple dollars while trying to repay their student loans and trying to furnish their new apartment they just signed a lease on.
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Various surveys , the problem is the nfl is drafting many college athletes that wouldn't be admitted to college based on academics.
5 Reasons Why 80% Of Retired NFL Players Go Broke
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It's Wikipedia, but it sings the same song.
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So if the colleges want to profit from the athletes in trade for a scholarship, fine. You're the NFL's unpaid minor league, it's not college sports.
And most players don't even sniff the draft . We're going to have a minor league system at some time, with most schools just an afterthought .
And most players don't even sniff the draft . We're going to have a minor league system at some time, with most schools just an afterthought .
Not a good source. Especially when they say "estimates"Forbes a decent source?5 Reasons Why 80% Of Retired NFL Players Go Broke
Sports Illustrated recently estimated that 80% of retired NFL players go broke in their first three years out of the League. How is this possible in a sport rolling in revenue with an average salary of almost $2 million a year? With few exceptions, the star players I have represented [...]
The National Bureau of Economic Research says 16% of former NFL players go bankrupt.
16%, 75% meh, what's the difference?
What does that have to do with Jahan Dotson protecting his financial future?
Seriously.
Penn State made 49 million in net profit last year, so each player on their hundred man roster was worth about 500k in pure profit to the university. Seems like a bad deal for everyone but the school.
Moving the goal posts . I show you my sources , you respond with this?
So why criticize my post with this "assume you have some metrics to backup that ridiculous claim.".
My claim is not ridiculous. Few players make the pros. A high number of these guys have financial difficulties out of the league , but we should hurt the game for an elite few ?
You want the pros let the nfl construct a minor league and really ruin college sports.
Comical. Leigh Steinberg making false claims in 2015 as a good source. I guess. Leigh was just guessing too.
The number of guys who opt out is such a small number, I don't understand why anyone would care. Most guys gonna be insurance salesmen next year so how is that creating a minor league? They couldn't even field a full team with guys who opt out let alone a second one to play against.
Stop making small things big.
How exactly does Jahan Dotson protecting his financial future have anything to do with a minor league? Seriously, I want to know.
Exactly, the person in charge of looking out for the best interests, reads the situation and makes the most advantageous decision for the future.
So you're saying Franklin told the players to opt out of the bowl game? Franklin told his best players to leave and lessen the teams chances to win? I'm sure he had some input but this was ultimately decided by the players. And if Franklin did tell his best players to leave, he is dumber than I thought.
I'd say parents are in charge of college kids. They aren't entered into any contract with a team or university or coach. They are just amateur student athletes that colleges use to enhance their product and make money for other endeavors.
I did mention those who ham it up when they're losing by 4 td's. And I have watched some Clemson games and seldom see that.
Wait. I thought Franklin was in charge? Now the parents are?
You don't view the scholarship as a contract? You play football for us and we pay for your school, give you a stipend, and whatever other advantages players are given. Sounds like a contract to me.
He's a sports junkie, he doesn't care about anything but seeing the games.
I only like college football how I envision it.... Where's my megaphone?
Make college football great again!
Franco Harris and Jack Ham would have never opted out of a bowl. Bring back the wing T and no facemasks, and helmet to helmet hits.
College football was so pure when I was in school.....What a joke.
Let me clue you in on a few things. Modern sports reflects those who participate in it. So guess who wants all these things you loathe, players, parents, guardians, coaches and administrators in the modern game. The people who matter, the people who make it what it is. Fans eyes are bought and sold on an industrial media level long before games are even played. They get your money whether you watch or not with your TV subscription.
So take you ball kicking and screaming about how mad you are that Jaquan & Jahan aren't playing for Penn State today because it doesn't meet your vision of how things are supposed to be....You'll show them......with your preconceived bias and limited vision!
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