Fan, the conversation turned to him playing baseball, and as a talent getting drafted. It's a complicated world. No one said he isn't a really smart kid. And no one said his degree wasn't important. And money has nothing to do with it. As a matter of fact his father knows all this better than me. If he wants to play pro baseball, since he went to a D1 school he is now not eligible for the draft or to free agency until after his junior year. Unless he transfers to a juco, in which case he would be eligible after soph year.And if he has chosen baseball, his leverage will be increased if he does do a juco year. It happens all the time, and there is no implication of his academics saying this. Transferring to a D1 school means sitting out a year and then playing a year and then getting drafted. It all depends on what he wants to do. Considering baseball has jucos that are hyper competitive and MLB breeding grounds, sitting out a year seems a waste. And by the way, he can pursue all this, live out the pursuit of his dream, make it or not, and come home, and go to college and get a degree. Has been done over and over by some very very successful people.
