Wouldn't it be better for them to go finish their senior year so when they get into football and IF they should be sidelined by a career-ending injury, they'll have something to fall back on.
2006-12-27 14:42:02 · 21 answers · asked by chrstnwrtr 7 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Money is the reason. Most athletes who are good enough to go pro early can get a gauranteed signing bonus. These bonuses are worth millions these days. Thats more than enough to fall back on if something were to happen. Thats much more than you'd make at an entry level position with your business degree. And theres nothing stopping them from finishing their degrees in the offseason. A lot of players do that.
Some of them are afraid of a career ending injury. If you go through with your senior year, and blow you're knee out, you're done. Though a lot of college football players are literally taking out insurance policies on their bodies, which covers them in case they are injured and won't receive the money they were destined to make.
Also, a lot of athletes these days come from deprived backgrounds and have things to take care of family wise. Its more important that they make money soon to support their families. They may not be able to afford another year not getting paid.
Theres a lot of pressure on these students who are that good. Knowing that they are going to be money making machines, a lot of agents find these students and put pressure on them to go pro, influencing them with lavish gifts, showing them what they could have. It takes a lot of will to ignore those types of things.
2006-12-27 14:50:31 · answer #1 · answered by nipsy3 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
money is the primary reason. first off doing really good junior year does not gaurentee that you will do just as good senior year. you are taking a gamble hoping that you peak your college carrer your junior year hoping to impress scouts so that you would get drafted higher, which also means you get more money. draft posiiton is the key, higher draft pick, higher salary.
Matt Leinart did not enter the 2005 draft, which he most likely would have been the #1 pick overall, instead of Alex Smith, but instead he became the 10th overall pick in the 2006 draft.
some players also get their degrees and forgo their senior year, like alex smith who got his economics degree his 2nd year (with a 3.71 GPA), and he was drafted his junior year
another thing is that the players don't usually think about "what if i get hurt", because they all think about the money they will be making
2006-12-27 15:20:50 · answer #2 · answered by Kev C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much come down to money as everyone else has said ...but if you sustain a Career ending injury in College you get no Paycheck...just the education..which is not a bad thing...but its not a good thing if your dream is to play Pro ball....so they opt to leave College early...Take the Signing bonus..and the millions after and play pro...not a bad choice if you think about it ....
2006-12-27 16:17:22 · answer #3 · answered by Pierced00 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its all about the money and accomplishing your dream as soon as possible.
what if you get the career-ending injury during your senior year and you never get to fullfill your dream of becoming a pro athlete. That is a more depressing situation.
you can always go back to school. You may not always get the oppurtunity to play at the professional level
2006-12-27 14:51:35 · answer #4 · answered by Josh 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Football is popular and the players are getting paid by the minute. Besides, after playing football for quite some time, several of them may be to stupid to continue college because they're borderline academically in order to stay on said football team. And did I mention the money that comes with being a football player????????
2006-12-27 14:55:38 · answer #5 · answered by morea1991 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its obvious. Its for the money and the fame. Many college players NEED the money actually to feed their familys and move them out of tough neighboorhoods but how can you forgo a glamourous life style of being a NFL or NBA player by staying in college.
Also sometimes it is not benifical to stay in college the extra year. Matt Lienart could have gone in the draft 2 years ago and been the top pick in the draft but he decided to stay and take only one class to graduate and be with his girlfriend and he eneded up being the 11th pick and losing millions of dollars.
2006-12-27 14:46:29 · answer #6 · answered by ivenovember 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They would rather take the money especially if experts say that that will be a top pick rather then stay in school and possibly get hurt some do actually go back and finish school but the money is hard to pass up
2006-12-27 15:07:07 · answer #7 · answered by PhillyDude 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The money. Education is good but a college degree doesn't guarantee that you'll make a lot of money. There are people with degrees who are unemployed. Also, you go to college to get a degree so you can get a job that pays good right? There are only so many jobs that pay as much as being in the NFL.
2006-12-27 17:33:49 · answer #8 · answered by Speed racer 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are offered huge salaries to go pro. I suppose they think if there is a career-ending injury, there will be plenty of time to finish the last year of school. (And they will have money to pay for it.)
2006-12-27 14:54:44 · answer #9 · answered by Maggie Mae 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Athletes have a limited time to play professional sports. Once they get older, they have less and less time to break big and make more money.
They choose to enter their professional league early in the hopes that they'll have more time to make more money. Plus, they have the same chance of being injured in a college level competition.
2006-12-27 14:45:24 · answer #10 · answered by Justin 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋