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.
Excellent advice!
The signing bonus and first year salary he would get as an early first round NFL pick would dwarf the $4.7 million and minor league salary the A's are offering him.
Not true... Remember Tony C. of the Boston Red Sox? In 1969, he got beaned from the pitch of an Angels pitcher. Tony C. had a record of the most home runs hit before age 20...