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[QUOTE="timkay99, post: 1361824, member: 635"]
A few comments:

1) It is nearly impossible to work a part-time job as a D-1 athlete.  With the demands on your time, you really aren't making much if anything money wise.

2) Most rookie contracts involve some type of money set aside for players to finish school.  Obviously, he has to get that contract first, but it makes a lot of more sense to get money while you are athletic and able and then look to go back to school if your network can't find you a job post-career (be it 5 years from now or 20 years).

3) Having a kid complicates every decision.  Typically, even for non-athletes, it involves a drastic restructuring, which depending on your socio-economic background, can include dropping out of school to get a job.

4) If McCullough is truly a top 5 pick potential, he will get much better by focusing on basketball every day (as well as the weight program he will be exposed to), as well as having access to the best doctors for his rehab.  He will go late 1st to early 2nd on his potential.

If your future earnings can truly be had (if McCullough plays well and is selected top 5 next year), then he will be fine b/c he will reach that same potential in the league, but get to his 2nd contract earlier, where the real money is.
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