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UTEE97

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  1. I am going to miss Derka. It's clear he genuinely loves the University and his posts usually are informative. Yes, there are rants but you can gloss over them instead of making fun. It's ok if you don't agree with his takes but who is to say who is correct. Some people can't help but bully (especially on the internet) and I believe this site is set up to encourage that behavior. I also think the 🖕 reaction is offensive. We should have thumbs up and down instead.

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  2. 2 hours ago, bejezuz said:

    The average NFL player plays 3.3 years.  For every guy that hits a second contract, many more wash out after a couple of years.  Once you figure in the agent, taxes, and living expenses, a player taken after the 2nd round would be lucky to have 2 million in the bank at the end of his rookie deal.  It's a nice nest egg, but if you're trying to live off of it the rest of your life, you're looking at about 60-80K a year (3-4% of 2 mil) to live on without touching your capital. If you get chosen in the first round or early second round, yes, that's life-changing money if you can hold onto it.  But everybody else, unless you hit that second contract, odds are you're going to need an income-producing career after the NFL to live a comfortable middle-class lifestyle.        

    I bet a decent chunk of that money goes towards helping their families and girlfriends. It's not a lot of money once you factor in all the expenses these guys tend to have. Also, they probably don't believe this is all the money they are going to make in their NFL career, so they don't adjust their spending habits until it's too late.

  3. What happened to Worthy and Mitchell in this draft should serve as a great teaching tool for Sark to use with his current roster. One guy struggled with catching contested passes, but kept his head down, worked his ass off and, as a result, went in the 1st round. The other guy had all the skills in the world to go in the first round but perhaps didn't have the best work ethic, didn't want to do the dirty things, and lost millions as a result. Good work ethics almost always wins over skill.

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  4. 1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:


    mitchell was always going to be.a 2nd / 3rd pick. He’ll have a chance to prove himself 

    Many mock drafts had him ahead of Worthy, I believe. The diabetes and the character issues reported by some scouts probably hurt his stock.

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