Play baseball!
The pay is just as good, or better. You won’t have your legs or head smashed in a career ending injury, and if you’re good, your career will be a lot longer.
Our QB Brandon Weeden, Oklahoma State U, our alma mater...
Played pro baseball and college football and pro football. Currently a QB with Houston. Cute, too. Looks like our younger son who was born about same year as Brandon. We enjoy watching Brandon’s career unfold!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Weeden
I had a co-worker whose son signed with the San Diego Padres right out of high school. He made big bucks right away. Going to college for four years of ‘athletic studies’ and other time wasters while earning nothing didn’t appeal to him, I guess.
On average Baseball players have longer careers and make more money, with less risk of debilitating injury.
Easy choice, and one Herschel Walker wishes he had made.
A no-brainer....Baseball!
Longer career, and more money.
160 games per season versus 16 games? Wouldn’t be a real hard decision for me.
Kyler's best decision is going to be made by himself, obviously, but as of today all options are open for him.
(In other, unrelated but interesting news, former Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury, who is a spread offense proponent from the Mike Leach coaching tree, has been hired by the Arizona Cardinals. Almost the first thing he mentioned is an interest (my words, not his, I don't recall exactly what was said nor do I have a link) in drafting Kyler with his first pick and trading away whatshisname, Rosen?
Interesting times...
CTE is a myth and belongs in the category of global warming. T
here are some who are brain damaged by concussions, but it is rare. Some man became famous for his theory, and the entire lawyer class jumped on board. Billions in settlements, players will receive less than millions. Even the medical proponents will become rich testifying.
The Detroit Lions drafted him in the second round of the 1992 draft. He still wanted to go to medical school instead, but someone sat him down and pointed out that he could play football for a few years and then quit with enough money in the bank to pay for medical school AND have a nice nest egg on the side.
He retired from the NFL 21 years later with all kinds of records to his credit.
First, finish his college degree. Then stick with baseball ... less chance of a career-ending injury.
Dancing With the Stars? But seriously, without a doubt Baseball. It’s just a matter of time (1st game maybe) that he’ll get smashed in the pro’s. On the other hand, he might be enhancing his net worth by having multiple options.
Go baseball...you’ll be playing in some historic stadiums - Fenway Park and Wrigley....most of the football stadiums are from 1990... Lambeau is one of the oldest and it opened in 1957.
Less risk of injury.
Will make enough money to be as happy as he'll ever be.
Less reliance on individual performance in BB than in QB position.
One thing he has going for him with baseball is that playing college ball usually gets players started higher up in the minors than kids who sign out of high school. A good college player can start out in Double A or sometimes even Triple A ball and be in the majors within a year of two. Whatever he does, I hope that love of the game figures into it more than raw statistics.