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Players agree to terms

  • http://southcarolina.247sports.com/Article/Players-agree-to-terms-76244

    Two players that were selected in the MLB Draft have already agreed to terms.

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  • Those deals were already in the works..

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  • It must be hard to recruit for college baseball because you never know who will take the money.

    This post was edited by joethegamecock on 6/5/2012 at 3:20 PM

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  • that didnt take long

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  • Call me crazy but this is FAR from life changing money. Not chump change mind you but not the kind of money that would be worth changing the mind of a college education......Greater than 1 million and I think about it. Greater than 1.5 million and it is a done deal....Sounds like these 2 both had their minds made up to for go college no matter what if you ask me.....JMHO

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  • Callahan got alot more than that.

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  • Agreed but in the mind of an extremely confident and naive 18 year old it's "I can go to school for three years and play baseball for free or I can take $700,000 right now and keep getting paid to play baseball and not have to go to school anymore". You can see why it's a no doubter for some.

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  • joethegamecock said...

    It must be hard to recruit for college baseball because you never know who will take the money.

    Not really sure how a coach deals with this. A lot of time and money is put into recruiting these players. It is almost like a coach should not recruit a top 150 type player. Might miss out on a few but will probably cause yourself a lot fewer heachaches in the long run....

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  • elcidcock said...

    Agreed but in the mind of an extremely confident and naive 18 year old it's "I can go to school for three years and play baseball for free or I can take $700,000 right now and keep getting paid to play baseball and not have to go to school anymore". You can see why it's a no doubter for some.

    I agree but when you take taxes out of 700,00 at 28% (this is conservative) you are at 504,000 and probably a lot less....Again, not life changing money but your point is well taken....Need family around that has a little sense and open this kids eyes of the real world.....oh well

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  • 86cocky said...

    Call me crazy but this is FAR from life changing money. Not chump change mind you but not the kind of money that would be worth changing the mind of a college education......Greater than 1 million and I think about it. Greater than 1.5 million and it is a done deal....Sounds like these 2 both had their minds made up to for go college no matter what if you ask me.....JMHO

    You are not considering economic or academic situations with an individual player...lots more comes into play than you are considering.

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  • 600,000$ isn't nothing that's a new home and a new vehicle and who other house you might build. It would take atleast 1.5 million to not attend The University Of South Carolina.

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  • Must be nice to be half the people in this thread where 500k is not life changing money! Lol that would pay off a home and pay for 2 college educations. Would pretty much solve my issues. Life changing money I guess! Good luck to these kids!

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  • kc4usc said...

    Must be nice to be half the people in this thread where 500k is not life changing money! Lol that would pay off a home and pay for 2 college educations. Would pretty much solve my issues. Life changing money I guess! Good luck to these kids!

    And you too make a good point.....500,000 to a 40 year old is far different than 500,000 to an 18 year old.....In reality, how long do you think it takes for that 18 year old to go through this money?

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  • Life changing for a couple years. If he signs for $700,000, half of that goes away in taxes. Buy a couple cars and payoff the folks house your down to $150,000. Gotta have a condo where your playing and living money. So your life changing nest egg is $75,000. If you don't make it past your first contract, you don't have enough $$ for a college education. It would be interesting to compare that with a kid that went to college and then got drafted. If all is the same the college kid comes out way on top after 10 years. I personally don't understand why MLB drafts HS kids. Fiscally they get minor league work for free if he goes to school.

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    Life changing for a couple years. If he signs for $700,000, half of that goes away in taxes. Buy a couple cars and payoff the folks house your down to $150,000. Gotta have a condo where your playing and living money. So your life changing nest egg is $75,000. If you don't make it past your first contract, you don't have enough $$ for a college education. It would be interesting to compare that with a kid that went to college and then got drafted. If all is the same the college kid comes out way on top after 10 years. I personally don't understand why MLB drafts HS kids. Fiscally they get minor league work for free if he goes to school.

    Given that all of those numbers are pretty far off, you're not painting a very realistic picture.

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  • 86cocky said...

    Call me crazy but this is FAR from life changing money.

    Well if $700,000 is FAR from changing your life.... congratulations, you've done well but CAN NOT see through this kid's and his family's eyes.
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