Sutton focused on graduating

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It could be a million-dollar decision, but Sutton indicated earlier this week he doesn't expect he'll even have a decision to make after this season.

"I don't think so," he told the Times Free Press. "I think my biggest thing is graduating from here. I'm so close to graduating. I'll be done next December. My biggest thing is finishing up school.

"Once I finish up school, maybe down the line from there I'll think about it, but I'm so close with that. That's something my parents obviously, and any parent, would want their child to do, is graduate from college. I think that'll be a big thing."
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Tennessee's Cameron Sutton not focused on possible NFL decision | Times Free Press
 
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Praise the LAWD!!! :dance2::dance2:

Or did he mean December 2015?? :dunno:



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Lot of folks going to interpret this wrong, I think. That's on the reporter.

People gonna read this as confirming Cam will stay for his final year, that "next December" means a year and a month from now.

But it probably actually means next month.

It's shoddy writing that the reporter didn't clarify which December Cam meant...but based on context, I'm betting he meant that he'll graduate at the end of this semester. Which means this article really does not answer the question at all of whether he'll stay for his last season of eligibility.
 
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Cam is one of the most mature young men I have ever heard speak. He has got a good head on his shoulders and a true VFL IMO!
 
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Why anyone would want him to be less successful is really confusing. Shouldn't we want players good enough to jump to the NFL? He can get a degree anytime
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
Lot of folks going to interpret this wrong, I think. That's on the reporter.

People gonna read this as confirming Cam will stay for his final year, that "next December" means a year and a month from now.

But it probably actually means next month.

It's shoddy writing that the reporter didn't clarify which December Cam meant...but based on context, I'm betting he meant that he'll graduate at the end of this semester. Which means this article really does not answer the question at all of whether he'll stay for his last season of eligibility.
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I agree.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
Lot of folks going to interpret this wrong, I think. That's on the reporter.

People gonna read this as confirming Cam will stay for his final year, that "next December" means a year and a month from now.

But it probably actually means next month.

It's shoddy writing that the reporter didn't clarify which December Cam meant...but based on context, I'm betting he meant that he'll graduate at the end of this semester. Which means this article really does not answer the question at all of whether he'll stay for his last season of eligibility.
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I thought the same thing. Poorly done.
 
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utvolpj said:
Why anyone would want him to be less successful is really confusing. Shouldn't we want players good enough to jump to the NFL? He can get a degree anytime
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Clearly you don't understand selfishness and you never attended U of Mizzou! :birgits_giggle:



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The quote is difficult to understand also, if he was graduating this year why wouldn't he say "next month"? It sounds like he's talking about December next year.
 
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426hemivol said:
The quote is difficult to understand also, if he was graduating this year why wouldn't he say "next month"? It sounds like he's talking about December next year.
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I agree. Hard to imagine he is graduating in only 5 semesters (I believe he has only been in college 2 1/2 years)
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
Lot of folks going to interpret this wrong, I think. That's on the reporter.

People gonna read this as confirming Cam will stay for his final year, that "next December" means a year and a month from now.

But it probably actually means next month.

It's shoddy writing that the reporter didn't clarify which December Cam meant...but based on context, I'm betting he meant that he'll graduate at the end of this semester. Which means this article really does not answer the question at all of whether he'll stay for his last season of eligibility.
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He could easily leave and probably will but most people when referring to an upcoming month say "this December" not "next December." I read it as a year from now but he could be referring to next month.
 
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If I was Cam and knew there was a good chance I was a 1st rounder or early 2nd I would go. If I knew I would be late 2nd round to 3rd round I would borrow some money for a million dollar insurance policy and stay in school to build myself to a 1st rounder.
 
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jordan4vols said:
He could easily leave and probably will but most people when referring to an upcoming month say "this December" not "next December." I read it as a year from now but he could be referring to next month.
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It's one of the imprecisions of the English language. Taken literally, "next December" means the next December on the calendar: the one a month from now.

But the idiosyncratic convention is to use "this ___" to mean the immediate upcoming one ("this Tuesday") and "next ____" to mean the one after.

But because it is not truly logical, plenty of folks will use the terms either way.

It's like "could care less" and "couldn't care less." There's the logical right answer, then there's the common usage right answer, and so both get used all the time.

Same here. "next December" might mean either. Context of the article indicates that it probably means December 2015.

Any good journalist understands the lack of precision in the English language and goes out of his way to clarify for his readers. It's a pity this one didn't do that.
 
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1725gatorhater said:
If I was Cam and knew there was a good chance I was a 1st rounder or early 2nd I would go. If I knew I would be late 2nd round to 3rd round I would borrow some money for a million dollar insurance policy and stay in school to build myself to a 1st rounder.
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Probably wants to be careful about "borrowing" $. :)
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
Lot of folks going to interpret this wrong, I think. That's on the reporter.

People gonna read this as confirming Cam will stay for his final year, that "next December" means a year and a month from now.

But it probably actually means next month.

It's shoddy writing that the reporter didn't clarify which December Cam meant...but based on context, I'm betting he meant that he'll graduate at the end of this semester. Which means this article really does not answer the question at all of whether he'll stay for his last season of eligibility.
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That is valid. If he graduates this December he is gone. If it is next December meaning 2016, then it sounds like he is staying. Was that from July?
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
Lot of folks going to interpret this wrong, I think. That's on the reporter.

People gonna read this as confirming Cam will stay for his final year, that "next December" means a year and a month from now.

But it probably actually means next month.

It's shoddy writing that the reporter didn't clarify which December Cam meant...but based on context, I'm betting he meant that he'll graduate at the end of this semester. Which means this article really does not answer the question at all of whether he'll stay for his last season of eligibility.
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Isn't the Pre-pharmacy program a 3 year program with the 4th year at UT Memphis? Could he be done December 2015?
 
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a vol n tears said:
I agree. Hard to imagine he is graduating in only 5 semesters (I believe he has only been in college 2 1/2 years)
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Well, he was an early enrollee, according to 24/7 sports (I had to look it up, didn't remember). So he's actually in his 6th semester now. Plus, football players have to be enrolled in summer sessions, and two summer sessions at 6 credits each are the equivalent of another semester. So add in those three summers and he has the equivalent of 9 semesters of study.

YorkVol said:
Isn't the Pre-pharmacy program a 3 year program with the 4th year at UT Memphis? Could he be done December 2015?
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Yeah, idk, York, could be. Either way, he has had time to get the credit hours he needs.
 
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