The Maurice Clarett decision

[[AK]Devil_Dog]

I am going to try to take a different path today. This is wha treally got me going yesterday. The same Judge who people are screaming about getting impeached, is the one that voted in Maurice Clarett's favor. I really do not think this is a good thing for the NFL, College, and most importantly the kids involved!!!!

[[AK]The Beast]

The guys on Pardon the Interruption (on ESPN for those who don't know) made a good point last night with relation to this decision. A kid who will be a senior in high school this coming fall (if memory serves me correctly) says that if this decision holds up, he will enter the NFL draft following graduation, if he thinks he can get drafted highly enough to get a $5 million contract. The guys at PTI basically think that there's no way he'll be drafted, and by entering the draft, he'll forever be ineligible for college football, ending any hope for athletic scholarships as well as any chance to go to the pros down the road, and thus serve as an example to shock young players into staying in school, or at least into being honest about their chances of making it in the NFL.

Of course, as far as I'm concerned, if someone is good enough to make it in the NFL, they ought to be allowed to go, provided they're 18 (an adult) and have finished high school. They can go to college any time, after they've made their fortune--many sure-fire superstars have lost their shots at millions of dollars because of a career-ending injury suffered playing college ball for "free" (for sake of argument, I'm leaving out the cars, trips, etc. that college players often receive).

After all, it's just the ultimate in free-market supply and demand economics--the hallmark of a fiscal conservative!

[[AK]Bribo]

What's the big deal? He's an adult. If he desires to play pro and has the ability why not?

[[AK]Palooka]

Who won the Super-Mega-Ultrabowl, anyway? Weren't the Houston Oilers in it? Didn't Warren Moon kick a game-winning field goal? They played the Green Bay Fudge-Packers, right? Thank God spring training starts soon.

[[AK]Squidly]

Baseball is a pimple on Football's ass. And that's a fact.

[[AK]Devil_Dog]

What's the big deal? He's an adult. If he desires to play pro and has the ability why not?

Well, here's the big deal, and Beast really touched on most of it. If the kids has ton's of talent and he looks like he could make it then you have some agent with $$$ signs in the eyes that tells the kid to go for the draft. Then the kid gets the pay off, but then he gets the snot beat out of him and gets cut....
then what happens?
Yeah, he has money, FOR NOW, and no college will let him play, he might go and get an education, but let's be honest about that, that probably won't happen.. so the kid will proabbly mis manage his money, end up broke, and lose out on playing college ball at best...
Not a good way to be...

[[AK]Bribo]

Originally posted by [AK]Devil_Dog
so the kid will proabbly mis manage his money, end up broke, and lose out on playing college ball at best...
Not a good way to be...

Why DD... I never took you for such a bleeding heart Liberal so concerned with the financial security and social well-being of others.

[[AK]The Beast]

But if the kid mismanages his money and doesn't go to college, then that's his individual fault, not the NFL's, nor any judge's or agent's fault. The money made with an NFL contract provides a good opportunity to go to college after a player's career; whether they choose to or not is their choice. And besides, just because someone doesn't go to college doesn't mean they're going to mismanage and lose all their money--plenty of VERY successful people didn't finish college (see Gates, William and Ellison, Lawrence, for starters).

Edit: ROFL, Bribo, you and I have to stop posting the same ideas simultaneously. People will think one of us is a sock puppet

[[AK]Sonic Boom]

A quote from Freddy Adu, the 14 year old kid who signed that big soccer contract.

"If you're good enough to play, then you're old enough to play."

And if you think for one second that this isn't about money, I find the hypocrisy astounding that the NCAA had no problem with him signing his deal, since there's no money in college soccer.

[[AK]Devil_Dog]

Why DD... I never took you for such a bleeding heart Liberal so concerned with the financial security and social well-being of others.

Just couldn't help yourself could you????
Just don't call me a Tree Hugger!!! LOL
In fact it really bother's me to see kids get sucked up in the big Capital Machine.
For every Lebron, there is hundreds of sad stories.

And besides, just because someone doesn't go to college doesn't mean they're going to mismanage and lose all their money--plenty of VERY successful people didn't finish college (see Gates, William and Ellison, Lawrence, for starters).

You are absolutely right Beast, and I look no further then my own Father for a good example of what your saying, obviously he does not have Gate's money, but the man is my hero. Even if he loved Kennedy...

No, I still think this is a bad idea and it worries me, I envy all those kids that get the chance to run out of the stadium in the big houses for their college's and think hom much fun that must be....
We are taking somehting away, I truly feel that....

[Pixelsponge]

I'm in agreement with palooka, bring on the baseball season.

[[AK]Squidly]

Yeah, baseball...horribly mismanaged, playing way too many games in way too many stadiums, 3/4ths of which draw 1/4 of their capacity in fans. Can't wait.

[[AK]Choozoo]

I've got a feeling that every possible consequence is known by the individual entering the draft. Agent or not, if a kid is going to follow an agent blindly, then maybe he'll buy my bridge with that $5 Million.

Besides, you should all know that sports are distraction puppeteered by the Socialists in their quest to take over.

[Pixelsponge]

I think there are problems with all professional sports, but that won't stop me from going out to as many games this season as I can.

[[AK]Devil_Dog]

Besides, you should all know that sports are distraction puppeteered by the Socialists in their quest to take over.

Hmmmm...... I was wondering about that...
I tend to think it's those people from San Francisco that are behind it..... hehe...