Tennessee Softball 2025

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ETNVolunteer1 said:
I actually lived there about 10 yrs ago for a short time. Hated it. Couldn’t wait to get back to Tennessee.
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Was there for a job interview. I live in Dallas and will be able to work remote if offered and accepted. Love the company and the people I’ve met. Company I am currently with for 20 years in my main gig is outsourcing my department and letting me go. Gotta make some moves.
 
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CoryDallasLV said:
Was there for a job interview. I live in Dallas and will be able to work remote if offered and accepted. Love the company and the people I’ve met. Company I am currently with for 20 years in my main gig is outsourcing my department and letting me go. Gotta make some moves.
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I was also there for work. Took a job transfer. Stayed about 2 years and then thankfully found another job that got me back to Tennessee. Good luck to you!
 
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CoryDallasLV said:
Was there for a job interview. I live in Dallas and will be able to work remote if offered and accepted. Love the company and the people I’ve met. Company I am currently with for 20 years in my main gig is outsourcing my department and letting me go. Gotta make some moves.
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My brother was stationed in western Texas during his time in the Air Force. He said it was basically the gates of Hell, especially in the summer.
 
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TJVol95 said:
Tumbleweeds and dust storms
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I didn’t understand this until I visited West Texas. And some of those tumbleweeds are the size of a car. And the dust storms are surreal. A different world.

But, it’s likely still a shade better than the Upper Midwest.

It’s a shame these young kids are being forced to make decisions for medium levels of money (I concede that I have a different perspective on this issue). Especially Canady. Trading Stanford for that is just plain sad.
 
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EZE said:
I didn’t understand this until I visited West Texas. And some of those tumbleweeds are the size of a car. And the dust storms are surreal. A different world.

But, it’s likely still a shade better than the Upper Midwest.

It’s a shame these young kids are being forced to make decisions for medium levels of money (I concede that I have a different perspective on this issue). Especially Canady. Trading Stanford for that is just plain sad.
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Canady is getting 2M+ from her time there. She’s a softball player looking to capitalize on softball. If she was a med student who left Stanford for TTU we wouldn’t know her name or care about her decisions.
 
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EZE said:
I didn’t understand this until I visited West Texas. And some of those tumbleweeds are the size of a car. And the dust storms are surreal. A different world.

But, it’s likely still a shade better than the Upper Midwest.

It’s a shame these young kids are being forced to make decisions for medium levels of money (I concede that I have a different perspective on this issue). Especially Canady. Trading Stanford for that is just plain sad.
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EZE said:
It doesn’t move my needle. I’d want my daughter at Stanford.
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As a student sure. Most would agree. Canady is a Top 1% kid, we can’t compare her to the other 99%. My kid gets 2M to play a sport she broke her body for, I’m telling her to live off 1% and invest/save 99%. No matter the degree, she’ll never have to work again.
 
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Majors said:
As a student sure. Most would agree. Canady is a Top 1% kid, we can’t compare her to the other 99%. My kid gets 2M to play a sport she broke her body for, I’m telling her to live off 1% and invest/save 99%. No matter the degree, she’ll never have to work again.
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That’s great if she can live on 20,000 per year, which is below the poverty line. But hey, to each their own.

I think more about the long play. And a Stanford degree has infinitely more earning power than a softball degree from Tumbleweed Tech. Even with a 2 million head start.

In fact, I’d love to see a case study 20 years from now detailing where all of these kids end up. My money is on the Stanford teammates she left behind. And it won’t be close.
 
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EZE said:
That’s great if she can live on 20,000 per year, which is below the poverty line. But hey, to each their own.

I think more about the long play. And a Stanford degree has infinitely more earning power than a softball degree from Tumbleweed Tech. Even with a 2 million head start.

In fact, I’d love to see a case study 20 years from now detailing where all of these kids end up. My money is on the Stanford teammates she left behind. And it won’t be close.
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In college, 20K is more than enough. She’s already getting 50K living expense on top. The rest is there for life after college.
 
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EZE said:
You obviously have no clue about the earning potential of a Stanford degree.

We should just stop arguing about it.
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Potential isn’t the same as guaranteed, I do know that. For argument sake, we both should be able to agree she’s well off.
 
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EZE said:
You obviously have no clue about the earning potential of a Stanford degree.

We should just stop arguing about it.
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I would take the money now and get all I could. You don’t get opportunities to make 2 million as a young adult often. She can always go back and finish her degree at Stanford later in life if she chooses. One is never too old to get a degree. Bag the money now, obtain the education later if she likes.
 
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Money in hand. $$
And there's not a premium in an undergrad degree any more anyway. Maybe 30 years ago. Now, Stanford, Texas tech, Tennessee, Michigan, Arizona......no significant difference from an employer's standpoint. They're all fine. It's all about connections and what you've done in addition to a general undergrad degree.
 
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There are some university locations - communities, locations that I would consider a good overall place to attend college for four-years. Texas Tech, Miss State are two that don't. However, even as I write, so many small colleges with beauty and in small town atmosphere are failing.
 
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Shocked said:
Money in hand. $$
And there's not a premium in an undergrad degree any more anyway. Maybe 30 years ago. Now, Stanford, Texas tech, Tennessee, Michigan, Arizona......no significant difference from an employer's standpoint. They're all fine. It's all about connections and what you've done in addition to a general undergrad degree.
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Its for sure dependent upon the specific career but there are places Michigan and Stanford will take you Tennessee can't and I say that as an alum. Totally different ballgame when you are talking about Stanford.

My current role is because I had a decade of experience. The entry levels below me are coming only from certain schools fair or not. Outside the Top 25 Public School ranks? Highly unlikely.
 
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I always believed the folks with the degrees from Ivy League schools, Stanford, Vandy, GA Tech etc always carried more weight with resumes for jobs and you were looked upon more favorably for promotions than us commoners. Maybe that was really not true but it was believed to be.

When I as at TN in the 70's and TN was beating Vandy badly in Nashville, the Vandy student section would start a cheer in the 4th qtr: Hey Hey that's OK cause your going to work for me one day. Ha ha.
 
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