Rhodes scholarship or NFL

[eliza61]

So there's this kid at Florida state, not only is he the top college safety and has NFL scouts drooling, he's also pretty darn smart. Finished his pre med degree in 2 years and is the running for a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford.

So you are the parents what do you encourage him to do?
(boy, I should have such worries )

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1862504,00.html

 

[agnes!]

Why can't he go for both?

agnes!

 

[NY Disney fan]

This reminds me of something I read about Cindy Crawford. She got a full scholarship to some college but didn't take it and went to be a model instead. I say go for the NFL and become a doctor in your 30's when you retire from football.

 

[eliza61]

Why can't he go for both?

agnes!

Not sure but I don't think you can delay either one. I read some where that the average playing time for the NFL is 7 years so if he does Oxford first he'll be entering into the league ~26. Maybe some of the male dissers who are football fans will know better.

 

[Laura]

Myron Rolle did get the Rhodes Scholarship. Seems to me that I would let my kid make his own decision. And since I've never been a doctor or a football player in the NFL, I would have him talk to those folks when making his decision. They could present pros and cons that I never could. I would be proud no matter what, to be honest.

 

[Peter Pirate 2]

It depends upon where his passion lies AND just how good of contract he can get in the NFL should he lean that way. The very good rookies can wrangle a pretty good guaranteed contract and if that's true he almost has to take the money and as somone else said become a doctor more on his own dime later. But if he can't get much of a guarantee from his NFL team, that makes the injury and success rate issue weigh much heavier.

 

[SydneyBristow]

I would tell him to pray about it and do what God wants him to do.

 

[TinklednPants]

You can easily go to school after having an NFL career.

Not so the other way around.

 

[DrCavin]

Med schools will be recruiting him when he is done playing football, football will not be recruiting him if he goes to med school.

 

[mamacatnv]

I strongly belive in the order of the words - Student Athlete

 

[Golf4food]

Myron isn't THE top college safety, but he would still be a high draft pick. Still, the Rhodes Scholarship is more rare than playing in the NFL (the NFL draft is seven rounds of 32 teams = 224 draft picks - not nearly that many Rhodes scholarships given out).

I'm an FSU fan and would say go for the scholarship. If he's still athletic upon graduation he can still play in the NFL afterwards. (More difficult than going straight in from college, but still doable.)

 

[sorul82?]

Myron isn't THE top college safety, but he would still be a high draft pick. Still, the Rhodes Scholarship is more rare than playing in the NFL (the NFL draft is seven rounds of 32 teams = 224 draft picks - not nearly that many Rhodes scholarships given out).

I'm an FSU fan and would say go for the scholarship. If he's still athletic upon graduation he can still play in the NFL afterwards. (More difficult than going straight in from college, but still doable.)

Didn't Chris Weinke enter the NFL at age 28? I'm thinking he played baseball, then went to FSU?

I agree, scholarship. Plenty enter the NFL later on.

 

[Soarin08]

Scholarship. For sure.

 

[Anewman]

Depends on the size of contract(signing bonus).

 

[MarkBarbieri]

It depends what he wants out of life. Maybe he didn't really want to play pro football.

 

[Anewman]

It depends what he wants out of life. Maybe he didn't really want to play pro football.

Agreed but if he signed for big bucks, that money would allow him to pursue any education that he chose.

 

[browneyes106]

Not sure but I don't think you can delay either one. I read some where that the average playing time for the NFL is 7 years so if he does Oxford first he'll be entering into the league ~26. Maybe some of the male dissers who are football fans will know better.

You can easily go to school after having an NFL career.

Not so the other way around.

I think he could do both somehow. There was a former NFL player named John Frank who became a doctor. He played with the 49ers for four seasons and got two Super Bowl rings during the 80's. He went to medical school and is now an ENT/plastic surgeon so maybe Rolle could do the same.

 

[lvanleer]

Actually he could probably do both....might not be a top draft choice but he could go to Oxford; come back and play football.....Pat Haden did it and in addition Tom McMillen a former US representative from the state of Maryland was a Rhodes Scholar and NBA basketball player.....so it's conceivable that someone could do both.....just might not be a top round prospect when they got back.

 

[ICF]

NFL....no doubt.

You can go to college and become a dr when your 30+....you can't start your NFL career then.

 

[londonderrydisneyfan]

The NFL allows juniors to "test" the draft by allowing them to get advice on what round they would be drafted in and from that they can tell what type of signing bonus they would get. I think Rolle should do something similar so he can find out exactly what he'd be passing up by taking the scholarship.

If he ends up being a high round pick, he should choose the NFL and take the bonus now, if he's a low round pick he should take the scholarship.