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

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

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.

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

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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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.

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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