Hunter has checked out? (merged)

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You do realize that the type of earnings a typical college degree affords a person are chump change compared with those of a top-flight NFL WR? He could spend 10 years in the NFL and if he's smart with his earnings, never work another day in his life and provide for future generations of his family. Seems like it would be a no-brainer to do everything in his power to make the second option a possibility.

And THAT is symptomatic of the "I want it now" generation. There are more broke former NFL "stars" living off of handouts than there are college educated businessmen, teachers, or other careers. Even in today's weak economy that diploma is a certificate of trainability. A super bowl ring can only be pawned.

I wish Mr Hunter well in the NFL. He should wait until the NFL combine to end his college efforts.

 

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And THAT is symptomatic of the "I want it now" generation. There are more broke former NFL "stars" living off of handouts than there are college educated businessmen, teachers, or other careers. Even in today's weak economy that diploma is a certificate of trainability. A super bowl ring can only be pawned.

I wish Mr Hunter well in the NFL. He should wait until the NFL combine to end his college efforts.

The utter stupidity of this statement is mind blowing. I don't even know how to begin to respond to it. But I'll try anyway.

How many people do you honestly think when given the opportunity to make several million dollars over a 5-10 year period would forego that opportunity to make $50k a year for the rest of their life? At that rate you would probably earn about $2M - $3M in your entire career before you retired, assuming you didn't want to work until you were 80. Even an average NFL player could earn that much in a single season, and then still have the rest of their life to take that money and either let it grow through investing or earn more money doing something else they enjoy. That's not an "I want it now!" mentality, that's just good financial sense.