HS Baseball Phenom leaves after Sophomore year... Thoughts

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Originally Posted by b0bby

i don't know man. tim floyd gave someone a grand to give to mayo under the table. jennings is getting millions of euros legitimately. i know what you are saying but these under the table rule violation payments are just in the thousands and playing overseas turns you into an instant millionaire. id pull a jennings if i were an up and coming high school star. its all about money and instant gratification after all aint it

I agree, but to get those millions of dollars they have to move to a country where they don't know anyone or speak the language. There's a lot more money being paid than is known. Reggie Bush's parents lived in a house owned by an agent. A Michigan booster gave Chris Webber $280,000, and paid for an apartment lived in by Robert Traylor and Louis Bullock, as well as paying for numerous players cars. Often an associate for an agent will pay the player in hopes he will sign with them.
Like I said, I agree it'd be nice to get the money legitimately but if you can spend 9 months on campus pretending to be a student and then go to the NBA it could be more appealing to an 18 year old than Italy, Greece, or Israel.