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Bubba's choice
Jul 12, 2021, 3:17 PM
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Maybe I'm not considering everything, but if I had to make his choice given how much he said he wanted to play for Clemson, I would have put the baseball career on hold for at least a couple of years to see if I could get the starting spot after DJ was gone.
The main negative consideration would be the possibility of an injury that would terminate the baseball opportunity. So, with NIL coming into effect this year, I would cut enough NIL deals to pay the premiums on a hefty multi-million dollar injury insurance policy.
That would seem to me to be the way to have my cake and maybe eat it, too.
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Re: Bubba's choice
Jul 12, 2021, 3:52 PM
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The university can pay the insurance if I'm not mistaken. He'd be like Trevor on the diamond. He'd make tons of NIL money. As much as he says he wants to play, he'd be an idiot to not come get a degree.
Easy to get swept up thinking you're going to be in the bigs. It's a rough road and it's all business. The scouts and agents don't give a crap about him. If he was my kid, it'd be hit the books, then go.
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Re: Bubba's choice
Jul 12, 2021, 4:01 PM
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And how many years does this kid ride a bus around in the Minors? There seems to be a lot of upside coming to Clemson with NIL, a degree, and a chance to play QB this year.
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Re: Bubba's choice
Jul 12, 2021, 4:01 PM
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I wonder if "gotta have" money from baseball changed any based on Klubnik's showing out at the elite eleven and probably earning his 5th star.
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Definitely something to think about
Jul 12, 2021, 4:15 PM
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After that Elite 11 performance, it's definitely looking our QB future is DJ in 2021, DJ in 2022, then Klubnik in 2023.
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Re: Definitely something to think about
Jul 12, 2021, 5:04 PM
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And a backside backup up, Arch.
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He can always follow in the footsteps of Chris Weinke
Jul 12, 2021, 5:35 PM
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Look it up if you don’t recognize the name.
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Re: He can always follow in the footsteps of Chris Weinke
Jul 12, 2021, 5:51 PM
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Yep, close to 30 and won the Heisman.
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Nothing against Weinke personally, but I would rank him as
Jul 12, 2021, 7:40 PM
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the second least deserving Heisman winner, behind Gino Torretta.
Marshall Faulk, or if not him, Garrison Hearst, should have won the Heisman in '92. Torretta only got it because he was the QB of the "Canes. back when that meant something.
Oh, and the year Weinke won?
Drew Brees finished 3rd, and LaDainian Tomlinson finished 4th.
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I love Clemson, and loved my time there, but several million
Jul 12, 2021, 7:48 PM
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dollars would be hard to walk away from just to bet on the future, along with the college experience. He would probably be fine just playing baseball, but the spectre of major injury is always hovering in the background if he played college football.
I always think of Coot Marcus Lattimore, and the $$$ he lost by getting hurt to the point that his insurance had to pay off, missing out on an NFL career. The amount he got was peanuts compared to what he would have signed for as a first or second round draft pick, had he not been injured.
The MLB money is guaranteed, and, as someone else said, he could always pull a Chris Weinke later if the beisaball thing doesn't pan out.
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Re: I love Clemson, and loved my time there, but several million
Jul 12, 2021, 8:07 PM
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Good luck in pro ball Bubba. I hope you have a great career make lots of money and come visit Clemson when you’re famous.
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