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[QUOTE="pfister1, post: 2563197, member: 285"]
And how many of those kids that didn't get second contracts would have gotten a second contract if they had stayed another year?    Maybe none, we'll never know.

How many of those same kids would have improved their draft position vs. not been drafted at all if they had stayed another year?   Again we'll never know.

There is no "right" answer.   There is potentially a right answer for each individual and it has a lot to do with their individual circumstances, which we really have very little insight into.

And the further fact that is always assumed, but not really something that can be proven is that all players that wash out end up destitute and down on their luck.

A kid like CMAC may be the perfect test case.   He is unlikely to get a second contract and he obviously didn't stay in school long enough to get a degree.   Was he better off taking the contract when it was available or should he have gone for the degree?

Maybe the contacts that he made while playing professionally will ultimately lead to whatever career he has when his playing career is over and lead him to a happy and fulfilling career path, even without a degree.   Maybe he would have stayed in school gotten a garbage degree and not been able to find a job post graduation.   There are no guarantees or absolutes, yet we like to act like there are when kids decide to leave early.

And finally none of the early entrant stats above bothered to include Melo.   Yet some people (i realize it wasn't the majority) argued that Melo should have come back to get his degree.
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