Drafted #9 in MLB draft which lines him up to get 4.7M should he sign. He is also slated to start at QB for OU next season. What would you do? I’d take the money and play baseball if I were him. He’s too small to play in the NFL and less injury risk in MLB. Thoughts?
SIAP: Kyler Murray
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Uhhhhhhh....I’m taking the money 100% and not thinking twice
Baseball = more money, longer career, healthier longevity for the rest of your life unlike getting knocked around in football
Baseball = more money, longer career, healthier longevity for the rest of your life unlike getting knocked around in football
If someone convinces him to play football for OU then they are not doing him any favors. This is a no brainer.
He'll sign a contract with the A's this summer, play for OU in the fall, then become a full time baseball player once the football season is over
And hope he doesn't have a serious injury that could derail a very good baseball career.
How can he be signed as a professional player and remain college eligibility?
Does it matter if it’s different sports?
Lincoln Riley must be on the phone with Big Red Auto right now to see how nice of a Lexus he can borrow and how much they can pay him for a part-time job he doesn't show up to.
Less linjuries plus the common ones in Baseball may be less dibilitating as many of the football ones. They might not be as career threatening to their sport either.
Since it is a different sport it is fine. (Just more proof of how crazy the NCAA is.) He would still be considered an amateur football player and can still play for OU, as long as he meets all of the other eligibility requirements like GPA,etc.
Russel Wilson had signed a pro baseball contract and then played quarterback at Wisconsin.
Thanks for response.
NCAA is a joke. A player should be either a professional or amateur athlete.
correct....he can wait
but he risks injury and they may really want him now as he's 20 or 21
or he can do what Russell Wilson did sign now play in the fall.....if the As allow it
How can you think twice about that kind of money and the risks that you are taking playing football!! That's a no brainer!
Makes a lot of sense. And plenty of guys have taken the money then went back to play college FB when it didn’t work out. Russell Wilson and Brandon Weeden both came back to play qb I think.
I get the argument for not "risking" it. But with modern medical science, career-threatening injuries are far less likely now than they were a few decades ago.
I guess as I get older I also look at it from the perspective of wanting to look back at your life experiences. We're talking about an OU squad that has annual expectations of winning their conference and competing for a national championship. I'd be very tempted to experience a year of that AND still get to play professional baseball.
I guess as I get older I also look at it from the perspective of wanting to look back at your life experiences. We're talking about an OU squad that has annual expectations of winning their conference and competing for a national championship. I'd be very tempted to experience a year of that AND still get to play professional baseball.
You take the money. Worst case you can pull a Brandon Weeden and go back to college football while applying for an AARP card
Queue up the hit Sam Bradford took when he went back for one more year. Still went #1 iirc so maybe a poor example
This.
When was the last time you've seen a true career ending injury? Henry Josey basically tore every ligament in his knee and yet my lasting memory of him is pulling away from d-backs sealing the east championship for us in '13.
Murray should take the money now. Get a once in a lifetime experience being the QB at a program like OU and then go play baseball.
Pitchers with shoulders all the time. They may be able to throw still but lose 15-20 Mph on a fast ball.
A) Murray is an OF prospect, not a pitcher
B) Pitchers who have shoulder issues are guys who have worn their shoulders out over years of repetitive motion. Would playing one year of football at OU really increase his risk of that type of injury?
I'm sure he doesn't. But it's not quite apples-to-apples. Mauer skipped college altogether. He was deciding between playing professionally now, or 3 years from now. Murray is deciding between starting his pro career now, or 9 months from now.
Also, it's one thing to be a QB prospect, even one as elite as Mauer was. It's something else to be an established college player who has already won the starting QB job like Murray has.
It's probably different for elite baseball players like this, but I know the guy who drafted Cedric Benson for the Dodgers. The Dodgers paid him a bunch of money, let him play football (where UT did not have to give him a scholarship because the Dodgers were paying his tuition) and then Benson didn't come back to baseball. The Dodgers felt foolish. According to my friend, baseball teams are less likely to go down that road now. This came up when the Royals drafted Doherty.
But, like I said, maybe the A's drafted him after Murray told them he was playing football this fall and it was non-negotiable. He's elite. He has more leverage.
But, like I said, maybe the A's drafted him after Murray told them he was playing football this fall and it was non-negotiable. He's elite. He has more leverage.
