Reply to "So your kid just turned down 1st round money"

obrady500+ posts

I'm not sure what the minor league salary scale and benefits are but I'm sure they are nowhere near what has been quoted in an earlier post, if I remember correctly, they only play a few months a year and the rest of the year they are not on the team’s payroll. (maybe someone can enlighten us on the minor leaguer’s life)

To me you take several other items into consideration:

How long before you’d expect before you reach the “show”?
Are you ready for the minor league life? Life style and maturity?
Can you be disciplined enough to put away enough money to support you if you quit and go back to school?
If you are good enough to make it through the minor league system, and you continue working on your game, shouldn’t you be worth similar money in three years?
What do you want to do after you ball career if you are not one of the guys who make the millions?

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