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[QUOTE="dollarbill44, post: 1605618, member: 686"]
You're right in that many fans think selfishly about players sticking around for another year. But, there is often an intersection between fan's wishes for the team and what's best for the player long-term. If, we as fans, think that a player is on the cusp of something really good, that both he and the team would be much better off for staying. You also need to keep in mind that most players that play meaningful minutes for SU help the team even though they have no professional futures, so a guy can be not fully ready for the NFL and still help SU be a better team.

"It is always a right decision for an athlete to get paid" is no more true than for a business major (substitute any major you want) to leave college a year early because he was offered a job as a store manager where he can make money right away. Sometimes, that extra year can make a huge difference in future earnings. I concede that the injury risk is greater for a football player, but the first-year salary upside is probably a lot higher too. Surely, the decision is his to make and the potential for injury will always be there, whether it is at SU or on the practice squad somewhere. Is he better off making $30k on a practice squad vs potentially earning much more in a year as a 1-2 round pick? Presumably, and hopefully for him, he has objectively weighed the risk-reward and has made the decision that is best for him, not for someone else.
It's rarely cut-and-dried in either direction.
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