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re: If Players Aren't Going to Make It In the NBA, Why Not Stay?
Posted on 4/21/15 at 8:48 am to Tigertown in ATL
Posted on 4/21/15 at 8:48 am to Tigertown in ATL
Yes, a person giving up a fully paid for undergraduate education to be a plumber is making a poor decision. Absolutely.
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Posted on 4/21/15 at 9:11 am to Jonathan Ikon
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a person giving up a fully paid for undergraduate education
Have we gotten to the debate about why these excellent decision making administrators offer paid undergraduate educations to those poor decision making athletes???
Posted on 4/21/15 at 9:12 am to Jonathan Ikon
Jonathon, I'm assuming that you are young and still depending on your parents for support if you believe that plumbers don't make good money. Have a pipe burst in the middle of the winter and get back to me.
The rich parent comment that several people have made doesn't fly either. Not all of these guys are dirt poor, ghetto starving, barely surviving kids. Quite a few are from solid middle class backgrounds.
Just imagine that you are a late teen/early 20 something who is pretty good at doing something you love and you have the option of getting paid way more than you are getting now to do it. What would you do?
A lot of us are bigger fans of LSU than the players themselves. We are die hard, P&G bleeding, life long devotees. For a lot of the players, LSU is merely a means to an end. That's not a knock on them, just an unpleasant fact.
The rich parent comment that several people have made doesn't fly either. Not all of these guys are dirt poor, ghetto starving, barely surviving kids. Quite a few are from solid middle class backgrounds.
Just imagine that you are a late teen/early 20 something who is pretty good at doing something you love and you have the option of getting paid way more than you are getting now to do it. What would you do?
A lot of us are bigger fans of LSU than the players themselves. We are die hard, P&G bleeding, life long devotees. For a lot of the players, LSU is merely a means to an end. That's not a knock on them, just an unpleasant fact.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 4:49 pm to Jonathan Ikon
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Yes, a person giving up a fully paid for undergraduate education to be a plumber is making a poor decision. Absolutely.
Let's be careful about that. I went all the way on the education train, including law school, but I acknowledge that plumbers, electricians, etc. can do quite well.
Get good at it, then start your own plumbing company. Grow it, hire some guys - you can do very well. I have guys in my neighborhood - one owns an HVAC company and one owns a painting company.
Certainly, education opens many doors, but a college degree isn't the only way to make a very good living, nor is it a guarantee.
Don't get me wrong though - I'm stressing the importance of college to my kids - I'm just saying that a skilled trade is quite valuable and there's good money to be made there.
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