"Respect my decision to take the cash from the highest bidder."
Wouldn't it be refreshing to here this once in awhile...
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I have. I did it early in my career to serve after 911. I did it after I initially retired to teach at a private school for a couple of years instead of what I could have pulled on the market in my field. I wanted to make a difference to kids. And I walked away from that money and all other active employment when my mom's cancer returned so that we could move back to help. I don't regret any of those choices and I still did well enough financially.
But I get it. It's a lot money thrown at these kids and many have never experienced that kind of money.
Knickslion and Hawkeye once again proving just how horrible of a human being they are. What exactly is funny about this post? SMH
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It would but then they'd still be criticized. There's nothing wrong with getting the most money or any other reason a recruit picks a school. It's their life and it's long overdue that they compensated fairly.
Because it's yet again him playing the "holier than thou" card
Because everything this guy posts is comical and pathetic. We all notice but you’re not smart enough to see it.
People shouldn't ask questions they don't want the answers to. Some people DO choose less money for a cause.
-Pat Tillman left the NFL and "large sums of cash" for the military.
-My best friend from HS is making great money as a criminal appellate attorney. But first, for 15 years, he turned down large sums of cash to work in both the public defenders and DAs office.
-Another friend from PSU, a lawyer - has spent her entire career in non-profit law.
-I don't count myself in the same class as those above, but I have turned down job opportunities for more money than I was making.
The question was asked. The answer is that people DO turn down large sums of cash.
That's not making a judgement re: 18yos making a decision to get paid, but the OPs question is valid. Recruiting used to be about very different things. Now, in many cases, it's simply an economic transaction. Wouldn't it be refreshing to hear an athlete admit that?
I said it would be refreshing but explained why they would never do it.
Also, I simply explained why people laughed at the response. Which is exactly why even if you dont think it's fair to "Eddie"
We shouldn't judge why any kid picks any school but most will and always have.
I won't comment on the non-profit law stuff lol
Finally they asked RIP not Eddie so unless they forgot what account they were signed into...
Thanks @heckmans , unfortunately some are ruled by their emotions. I've come to accept that anything that I post, be it a positive PSU football take or insight, a personal account of things that I've done or experienced, strategies for building wealth that have worked for me that I wish someone would have shared with me at some point, etc., gets an immature laugh emoji and usually hate filled responses from a group of people who are aware of my political leanings from the days of the test board and aren't capable of rational or logical responses, let alone human responses.
I've had many laugh emojis at sharing experiences of my mother's decade plus battle with cancer even right after she passed and my father's stroke. They can't help themselves. Sadly, some people are incapable of empathy. Many are ruled by hate, jealousy, fear, and other powerful negative emotions that cloud their thoughts and actions. One of the moderators here has even threatened to ban me for "attacking others" which I surmise could only be when I've responded to those attacking me to defend myself. I don't want sympathy, I'd just like a little fairness.
And to the actual topic of discussion. You point out many that have turned down large sums of money to do what they thought was right. My response above is not unique. Many people have done it and should. If money is controlling you then you are doing it wrong. Money is a tool. People seem to be much more uptight about money these days, perhaps feeling the heat from years of high inflation, and I get that. I get upset about that as well. But in the end, if money is controlling you then you can lose sight of what's important in life. Maybe a different conversation if you are one of the millions in this country without enough money for consistent meals or shelter.
Ultimately, I think that we are the sum of our decisions and actions. I like to invest. I've invested in myself, my education, my health and fitness, my family and wife, those friends closest to me, in causes and charities that I believe are worthy, in experiences, and yes, also in real estate and the stock market. I think it's important to put most of your effort into investment assets (in both your personal finance and in your life). The more that you invest, the more that you grow and the more you grow, the more you can share and help those around you.
More on the statement of being the sum of our actions. It is a term in physics. Action, in theoretical physics is an abstract quantity that describes the overall motion of a physical system. Motion, in physics, may be described from at least two points of view: the close-up view and the panoramic view. The close-up view involves an instant-by-instant charting of the behavior of an object. The panoramic view, on the other hand, reveals not only a complete picture of the actual behavior of an object but also all the possible routes of development connecting an initial situation with a final situation. From the panoramic view, each route between the two situations is characterized by a specific numerical quantity called its action. Action may be thought of as twice the average kinetic energy of the system multiplied by the time interval between the initial and final position under study or, again, as the average momentum of the system multiplied by the length of the path between the initial and final positions.
So as in physics, an object (or in my theory, a person), is the sum of its actions. If you are inactive, lazy, unwilling to invest in growth, then you don't go very far, and you simply don't have much energy. However, if you put a lot into it and invest in yourself, your family, those close to you and causes that you think are important, and your financial health and future, then you have incredible energy in your system and your movement and ability to make move can be very powerful.
Those that don't understand physics look at nature and wonder how it works. They may even make light of why things happen or even resent that which they don't understand. The same is true in investing. If you don't understand how investing works, the power of compound interest on long-term growth (and I am speaking of more than financial investment here), then you might make light of how or even resent that someone achieved certain things.
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A couple times but not often in my work life. I not only think it would be refreshing to hear but also see nothing wrong with it. The vast majority of collegiate athletes will never play professionally other than their college days. It should be their decision and one they don't have to feel ashamed to flat out announce as a purely monetary decision or say nothing at all about their decision. Say it like it is or say nothing kid and I for one will respect you no matter.
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And predictably now he's a victim.
reminds me of the interview with Dustin Johnson after he took over $100m to move to LIV Golf. When asked he said "they offered more money for half the work. Easy decision." Hard to argue with that.
Wrong, I rise above petty personal attacks especially from those who either cannot understand or are jealous of what I've done. You have no impact on me. Clearly the reverse isn't true or you wouldn't be launching personal attacks at someone you've never met and know very little about.
And that is how it should be for college football commits, too. They should not need to placate some of us.
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Yep. I am a big fan of free markets. I can't imagine being an 18-year-old five-star kid going to his first big game and seeing thousands of wealthy people forking out big bucks to rub elbows with players after you've done 20 gassers and had a couple of concussions so a gal can cheat to get the last full scholarship on the crew team.
I don't like the disruption right now but it will settle out. It is just a matter of time until the big programs get together and form some kind of organization while the kids unionize to get them all to a good collective bargaining agreement.
You literally attack everyone all the time which is why you were apparently warned.
Show me those attacks then along with the posts from the person to which I am responding that precedes what you perceive as an attack. Is this response asking you to prove your accusation an attack?
Again, always the victim
If you don't attack people first why would you have been told to stop? You made the accusation against yourself then blame others for your behavior.
So, you cannot back up your accusation? 2 posts above you claimed that I "literally attack everyone all the time ". Now when asked to provide the evidence of this, you 1) cannot and 2) try to blame me for your accusation.
I merely asked you to link posts in which I am doing what you claim and the posts preceding that from the person(s) to which I responded. I think that is fair. If someone makes an accusation about you, should they not provide the evidence? I do post responses defending myself (such as this one) when attacked personally which is frequent here because some people cannot tolerate views that challenge their own.
Again, you said that a mod told you that you were attacking people--correct? To the point you had to be told to stop?
No. I said that a mod threatened to ban me for it. That was until I asked who I was attacking. You read that above. Then you said that I "literally attack everyone all the time ". You can't sidestep that what is in quotes is your accusation. I just think if you are going to make such an accusation that you should provide the evidence.
I am definitely attacked personally all the time on this site. And I do often respond to defend myself. Is this what you misinterpret when you claim that I "literally attack everyone all the time "?
So you allow others to dictate your actions?
I suppose when someone attacks you, you would not defend yourself? Would you let someone make accusations against you without asking them to provide the evidence?
You mean like how I'm not a Penn State fan? You're better than anyone. You're a problem. Accept that. Most of us are.
There are several posters that have thought you were not a PSU fan. A large percentage of your posts are critical of PSU football. It's a very logical connection to make.
It's not. It's the same nonsense you claim you're targeted with that you do to others. Using "several posters "do it doesn't alter the unwarranted attack. Stop blaming everyone else. Lose than holier than thou nonsense.
Ok, if you don't want myself and others to make a connection between your very high rate of negativity towards everything PSU football and your potentially not being a fan of PSU, then at least I won't. But drawing that conclusion is not an unwarranted attack. It is trying to make sense of your very consistently negative comments about PSU football, always seeking to diminish anything positive.
It's possible that you are a PSU fan and are simply an extremely negative person and also coincidentally you are in agreement with a lot of fans that post here from rival fanbases. But you cannot say it is unwarranted to draw such conclusions if a very high percentage of your posts are negative towards PSU.
I think a kid's decision is based on a few things - just not money.
I travel all of the boards - specifically the PSU, OSU and Michigan boards - and I read an article on OSU's Eleven Warriors about the overall #1 recruit - Jeremiah Smith - and why he chose OSU in his own words. He said several schools - including a couple of the Florida schools near home - offered quite a bit more money than OSU but he wanted a path to the NFL and wanted to play for Brian Hartline.
The kid is so good that he has a decent shot of playing a bunch for OSU this year as a true freshman - maybe even starting by the end of the year
I travel all of the boards - specifically the PSU, OSU and Michigan boards - and I read an article on OSU's Eleven Warriors about the overall #1 recruit - Jeremiah Smith - and why he chose OSU in his own words. He said several schools - including a couple of the Florida schools near home - offered quite a bit more money than OSU but he wanted a path to the NFL and wanted to play for Brian Hartline.
The kid is so good that he has a decent shot of playing a bunch for OSU this year as a true freshman - maybe even starting by the end of the year
It is unwarranted. I'm not negative. I'm see positives and opportunities.
Notice you're attacking me here instead of just acknowledging you do attack people on this site simply because you disagree with them.
I absolutely disagree with someone who is very rarely able to speak positively about PSU football. It's a fault with which I can live.
Which is false statement and proves my point yet you still won't fully own it.
I'm tired of conversing with you. It's a huge waste of time and not fair to others to have to see it.
lol after two straight days of posting you finally came to that lmao
