Maybe Chris Hawkins should have signed A.J. to a one-day professional basketball contract with a $1000 signing bonus.
Best of all, he could have framed that, too.
Maybe Chris Hawkins should have signed A.J. to a one-day professional basketball contract with a $1000 signing bonus.
Best of all, he could have framed that, too.
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“Those 13 jerseys are going to be around a long time.”-- Brock Bowers, The Athletic, 1/10/23
Wow. That’s actually pretty brilliant.
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OK, new plan. We oust Frank Wren in Atlanta. We install a Georgia man as GM. Every Georgia recruit gets signed by the Atlanta Braves.
Take that, Alabama.
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+1
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Didn’t Colorado have a wide receiver a few years ago that the NCAA wouldn’t allow to be a professional in his other sport which was downhill skiing?
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Sort of, but not exactly. The NCAA wouldn’t let him sign endorsement contracts, which is the standard way a skier gets paid.
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Does Parker not have endorsement deals, gloves (batting, fielding), shoes, etc…?
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Not until he gets done with football. We wouldn’t want him getting in the way of Clemson’s endorsement deal with Nike.
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Todays edition of Life is Not Fair, But What Are You Gonna Do?
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Don’t knock it; Quincy Carter never would have played if not for this rule. Or maybe…
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It genius I say. Basketball contracts all around, eh short guys get baseball.
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Professional softball league, imo. No appreciable skills needed, play between May and June
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Reason #322,238 that the NCAA and its rules are horrendously broken.
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Reason #322,239 that the NCAA and its rules are stupid.
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