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[QUOTE="orangecuse, post: 2842900, member: 668"]
Getting paid 'while you can' encompasses the broader point Bay is making imo.  If one surely has the [I]talent[/I], whether he stays another year or not, it's not going to impact him financially, as his [I]talent[/I] level will sustain his overall longevity, and related wealth because of it.

The system has evolved to where potential is evaluated more than anything.  Therefore, many of these guys that get drafted no doubt[I] 'take the money and run'[/I] while the iron is hot.  And, many of them ultimately prove the larger point of not having the actual talent level it takes to "make it" long(er) term.

You certainly can't blame them for taking the dough, that's for sure.  If anyone of us came out of college green and unseasoned and some prospective employer extravegantly gambled on what they thought your potential may be by offering a mil or two, we'd all have jumped on that in a heartbeat.  If you didn't turn out to be worth the risk, well, too bad, the joke's on them...they ain't getting that cash back.
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