Andrew Sweat
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The longer you are out of school the less likely better schools will except you into programs or offer you full rides like he is getting. Kid made a decision, try and play football or continue my education in my chosen degree. Just because you have the option to play football doesn't mean you have to.
OK, but does anyone know if this kid is in fact in line to go for a masters or beyond? What was his major? What does he say he plans to do in lieu of playing football?
(and would it surprise anyone if a year from now he is not out trying to sign onto an NFL roster?)
Look at it this way: The Browns are the perfect opportunity for an LB to come in and get a chance to play, because our LBs, quite frankly, are so weak.
To paraphrase Frank Sinatra: "If he can't make it here, he can't make it anywhere."
OK, but does anyone know if this kid is in fact in line to go for a masters or beyond? What was his major? What does he say he plans to do in lieu of playing football?
(and would it surprise anyone if a year from now he is not out trying to sign onto an NFL roster?)
Look at it this way: The Browns are the perfect opportunity for an LB to come in and get a chance to play, because our LBs, quite frankly, are so weak.
To paraphrase Frank Sinatra: "If he can't make it here, he can't make it anywhere."
Who cares? He can make just as much as a lawyer as he would have as a decent NFL player. This career choice doesn't deteriorate his body and ensures the financial security of his family for a lifetime instead of just a few years. He already played for the love of the game, and apparently the money wasn't important to him.
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The kind of guy who was getting offered spots at prestigious schools to go to graduates school.
School doesn't go away....the chance to play in the NFL is a pretty small window.
School doesn't go away....the chance to play in the NFL is a pretty small window.
You are correct on both counts. As to the second point, the window is small both in time frame and who can actually enter the window. I don't think anybody here thinks Sweat would have made the team, and more on point, I think he felt the same way.
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Its the choice of being practice squad fodder and not know how long that paycheck will last vs being a lawyer and set for life.
Easy choice for the kid.
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OK, but does anyone know if this kid is in fact in line to go for a masters or beyond? What was his major? What does he say he plans to do in lieu of playing football?
(and would it surprise anyone if a year from now he is not out trying to sign onto an NFL roster?)
Look at it this way: The Browns are the perfect opportunity for an LB to come in and get a chance to play, because our LBs, quite frankly, are so weak.
To paraphrase Frank Sinatra: "If he can't make it here, he can't make it anywhere."
Who cares? He can make just as much as a lawyer as he would have as a decent NFL player. This career choice doesn't deteriorate his body and ensures the financial security of his family for a lifetime instead of just a few years. He already played for the love of the game, and apparently the money wasn't important to him.
Who cares? He can make just as much as a lawyer as he would have as a decent NFL player. This career choice doesn't deteriorate his body and ensures the financial security of his family for a lifetime instead of just a few years. He already played for the love of the game, and apparently the money wasn't important to him.
Oh, trust me....he can make a lot more just being signed at the minimum NFL contract than he can being an attorney.
What is the minimum rookie wage scale of an NFL player? $350,000? If he played for 5 years at the mimimum salary he would earn $1,750,000.
And here is news for you friend? Most lawyers don't make nearly as much as you think they do.
The average salary (or net earning for someone in sole practice) for an attorney in NE Ohio is about $50,000 per year...take my f***ing word for it...it is true. It might be quite a bit more in other parts of the country, but not here). So, in a 30 year career he couldn't make as much as in a 5 year NFL career at the miminum wage scale. And if he was any good at all he could make in one year the median of what lawyers make in a career.
Now, certainly there are some exceptions in what lawyers make.
And whoever said it was right: you can go back and get your law degree.
When I was at Cleveland-Marshall we had 2 Browns players attending law school: Gerald Irons and Dick Ambrose. I know Ambrose became a judge in Cuyahoga Co. (he may still be on the bench)
So, it can be done....maybe Sweat just didn't want to do it. So be it.
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Well here is bit more of the story, and seems like he will be set for a job if passes out from Law School as his dad runs a successful law firm already, and hints at the concussion thing being one of his concerns.
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Honestly, good for him. You guys may think it's stupid to turn down the opportunity but look at this way: his dad owns a law firm and he's obviously a smart guy even getting accepted. As long as he succeeds in school he's basically walking into a high paying job where as his other choice is to MAYBE walk on to a practice squad and struggle year to year for a check. To me he's definitely taking the better of the two options, and even if something with his dad's company fails the name recognition will land him a job in Ohio
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Good choice for him. You don't want someone who isn't 110 percent behind there decision.
"You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970. -
Who cares? He can make just as much as a lawyer as he would have as a decent NFL player. This career choice doesn't deteriorate his body and ensures the financial security of his family for a lifetime instead of just a few years. He already played for the love of the game, and apparently the money wasn't important to him.
Oh, trust me....he can make a lot more just being signed at the minimum NFL contract than he can being an attorney.
What is the minimum rookie wage scale of an NFL player? $350,000? If he played for 5 years at the mimimum salary he would earn $1,750,000.
And here is news for you friend? Most lawyers don't make nearly as much as you think they do.
The average salary (or net earning for someone in sole practice) for an attorney in NE Ohio is about $50,000 per year...take my f***ing word for it...it is true. It might be quite a bit more in other parts of the country, but not here). So, in a 30 year career he couldn't make as much as in a 5 year NFL career at the miminum wage scale. And if he was any good at all he could make in one year the median of what lawyers make in a career.
Now, certainly there are some exceptions in what lawyers make.
And whoever said it was right: you can go back and get your law degree.
When I was at Cleveland-Marshall we had 2 Browns players attending law school: Gerald Irons and Dick Ambrose. I know Ambrose became a judge in Cuyahoga Co. (he may still be on the bench)
So, it can be done....maybe Sweat just didn't want to do it. So be it.
Oh, trust me....he can make a lot more just being signed at the minimum NFL contract than he can being an attorney.
What is the minimum rookie wage scale of an NFL player? $350,000? If he played for 5 years at the mimimum salary he would earn $1,750,000.
And here is news for you friend? Most lawyers don't make nearly as much as you think they do.
The average salary (or net earning for someone in sole practice) for an attorney in NE Ohio is about $50,000 per year...take my f***ing word for it...it is true. It might be quite a bit more in other parts of the country, but not here). So, in a 30 year career he couldn't make as much as in a 5 year NFL career at the miminum wage scale. And if he was any good at all he could make in one year the median of what lawyers make in a career.
Now, certainly there are some exceptions in what lawyers make.
And whoever said it was right: you can go back and get your law degree.
When I was at Cleveland-Marshall we had 2 Browns players attending law school: Gerald Irons and Dick Ambrose. I know Ambrose became a judge in Cuyahoga Co. (he may still be on the bench)
So, it can be done....maybe Sweat just didn't want to do it. So be it.
You say that like he's guaranteed 5 years at minimum salary. New rookies come in every year to fight for those spots.
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Good choice for him. You don't want someone who isn't 110 percent behind there decision.
Good choice for him. You don't want someone who isn't 110 percent behind there decision.
Take it FWIW.
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Good choice for him. You don't want someone who isn't 110 percent behind there decision.
Take it FWIW.
Take it FWIW.
Well there it is folks, i cant blame him one bit.
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I have a feeling that concussions are going to be the downfall of the NFL. I sure hope not.
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Can't blame a guy for not wanting to end up with a mushy brain. I mean look what's happened to junior seau and a host of other guys who take shots like that. Slightly different situation, look what became of wwf wrestler Chris benoit. A little more dramatic but still concussion related. Is the NFL minimum contract, especially with limited chance for NFL glory worth the risk of a swiss cheese brain? Andrew Sweat doesn't think so and neither do I.
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Oh, trust me....he can make a lot more just being signed at the minimum NFL contract than he can being an attorney.
What is the minimum rookie wage scale of an NFL player? $350,000? If he played for 5 years at the mimimum salary he would earn $1,750,000.
And here is news for you friend? Most lawyers don't make nearly as much as you think they do.
The average salary (or net earning for someone in sole practice) for an attorney in NE Ohio is about $50,000 per year...take my f***ing word for it...it is true. It might be quite a bit more in other parts of the country, but not here). So, in a 30 year career he couldn't make as much as in a 5 year NFL career at the miminum wage scale. And if he was any good at all he could make in one year the median of what lawyers make in a career.
Now, certainly there are some exceptions in what lawyers make.
And whoever said it was right: you can go back and get your law degree.
When I was at Cleveland-Marshall we had 2 Browns players attending law school: Gerald Irons and Dick Ambrose. I know Ambrose became a judge in Cuyahoga Co. (he may still be on the bench)
So, it can be done....maybe Sweat just didn't want to do it. So be it.
You say that like he's guaranteed 5 years at minimum salary. New rookies come in every year to fight for those spots.
You say that like he's guaranteed 5 years at minimum salary. New rookies come in every year to fight for those spots.
No, I am just saying that if he played 5 years at minimum that is what he would make...
....and I am saying that it took me 10 years to accumulate that kind of money..gross.. that he could make in one year at minimum salary after putting up my shingle. Now, maybe he might have a guaranteed high paying position with hid Dad's firm when he graduates law school. Most of didn't/don't have that kind of advantage.
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LOL, OTL is gonna do a spot on Andrew on tomorrow's show because he's afraid of concussions.
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