Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

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Illiniguy74

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Frumundawood said:
I bet Devon Witherspoon is really kicking himself for not taking chemistry and gender studies more seriously.
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Nice tangent. My comment was on "student", not on the focus Witherspoon or any other athlete may make. As for the value of "gender studies" courses, we may have very similar opinions in that regard.
 
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Indy Illini Fan

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mhuml32

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Platt recently announced he's visiting Ole Miss again in mid-September so that recruitment might take a while.
 
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altgeld88

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superfan said:
In fairness, IlliniGuy74 didn’t say whether that was a good or bad thing. I know a few former student athletes who did not become star cornerbacks who actually do regret not taking undergrad seriously. Okay, maybe not gender studies.
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I knew a star football UI player (All-Big Ten) who ignored classes, blew his NFL signing bonus, failed to make the team in preseason, and I'm sure wished he had a solid degree to fall back on. I ran into him visiting on campus the following fall and it was clear that he was in shock and sensed he was screwed. He had a nice sports car to show for it, however.

Ex ante, taking classes seriously if you're an athlete is simply common sense. Few make it to the pro level; many of those who do don't last long and lack skills transferrable to the labor market in their mid- to late-20s.
 
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ktal

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altgeld88 said:
I knew a star football UI player (All-Big Ten) who ignored classes, blew his NFL signing bonus, failed to make the team in preseason, and I'm sure wished he had a solid degree to fall back on. I ran into him visiting on campus the following fall and it was clear that he was in shock and sensed he was screwed. He had a nice sports car to show for it, however.

Ex ante, taking classes seriously if you're an athlete is simply common sense. Few make it to the pro level; many of those who do don't last long and lack skills transferrable to the labor market in their mid- to late-20s.
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I don't know what percent of pro athletes end up declaring bankruptcy, but I'm thinking it's a higher number than most would guess. And that's despite warnings by the player's union, etc. I feel like I could be financially secure for life with one year's earning for a lot of these guys, but I'm not a big spender, so that could help.
 
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lstewart53x3

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ktal said:
I don't know what percent of pro athletes end up declaring bankruptcy, but I'm thinking it's a higher number than most would guess. And that's despite warnings by the player's union, etc. I feel like I could be financially secure for life with one year's earning for a lot of these guys, but I'm not a big spender, so that could help.
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I’ve read that 60-70% lottery winners/nba players go broke.

Money doesn’t always solve money problems.
 
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Chukwuwumba

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ktal said:
I don't know what percent of pro athletes end up declaring bankruptcy, but I'm thinking it's a higher number than most would guess. And that's despite warnings by the player's union, etc. I feel like I could be financially secure for life with one year's earning for a lot of these guys, but I'm not a big spender, so that could help.
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I think there was an ESPN 30 for 30 about this.
 
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ChiefGritty

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Illiniguy74 said:
I struggle with calling our football and basketball players students anymore. They often talk about spending a great deal of their time studying/ learning/training to refine their athletic craft. Don't see how that allows much time for traditional academic studies.
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It never did, nothing has changed on that front. But they manage.

It's a hard life. A fun life, but a hard life.
 
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Dkayak

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lstewart53x3 said:
I’ve read that 60-70% lottery winners/nba players go broke.

Money doesn’t always solve money problems.
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It’s much like winning the lottery in your early 20’s. The good aspect is you have many decades for compounding. The tough part is most haven’t developed the money handling skills needed to hang onto it. A windfall at age 40-50 is more likely to be life changing (in a good way) than at age 25.
 
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Battle89

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Dkayak said:
It’s much like winning the lottery in your early 20’s. The good aspect is you have many decades for compounding. The tough part is most haven’t developed the money handling skills needed to hang onto it. A windfall at age 40-50 is more likely to be life changing (in a good way) than at age 25.
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You're right, I just wish it wasn't so (the lack of knowledge and / or caring in your early 20s), because it's not rocket science. I've got money still compounding in my 401k from 1991. And a Finance degree from UIUC, which helped.
 
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