Mike Linebacker

Elliot Porter says hi

This guy gets it. Hawkins is NFL ready but is unlikely to be a first rounder. If he were to come back and play well, he might be a first rounder next season. The difference in money is significant. Trai Turner left MILLIONS on the table by coming out early.

Patience and hard work are virtues.

It's the vocal minority who blame every setback on Miles and credit every success to luck. Their latest meme is to put down those who are optimistic about 2016 with the retort "NextYearU"

Video footage of him being assisted through the hotel after the Ole Miss game in October because he was too drunk to walk straight? :dunno:

If LSU wins all of their gsmes, they will be the #1 or #2 seed in the playoffs, which is all that matters

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Just a couple million dollar hit No biggie, like 3 recruiting budgets

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Yep. The same ones will be complaining when we don't spend the money on recruiting that Alabama does. But hey, they got their $30 back for a game that was going to be a blowout.

Here you go bababooey. Apparently the Eagles thought enough of it to list it on Logan's official team bio.

Bennie Logan

But, okay, it's stupid because you say it is.

Being treated like a king at UofH is equivalent to being treated like a preferred walk on at LSU. Houston is a commuter school. There is no culture. It's in a big city with pro teams and a disparate populace so you get very little attention in the media.

If he is as good as expected, he will dominate and be an early round draft pick. But no big time games, no high quality opponents, no prime time, no CFB Playoff hopes, no rabid fan base, no media attention, no sports science and nutrition, no Tommy Moffitt, no Ed Orgeron...in short, he is selling himself massively short.

Who sings/raps that song

It would be interesting to see some statistical study as to which is more likely to lead to making an NBA roster for at least 1.5 seasons:
A) An extra year in college
B) The NBA D-League
C) Europe

D-League players are paid terribly. We're talking $13,000 to $25,000.

European UDFAs can get more but it's not clear how much more. But it seems like $60,000 to $80,000. Very nice salary for a 21 year old, but probably pretty short lived.

Starting salary for your average LSU undergraduate looks to be about $50,000. LSU Employment Stats

Meanwhile, if the dream dies, the average starting salary in the workforce for someone with "some college" is about $38,000. Average Salary Article from Houston Chronicle

I also know that the disparity in income between college graduates and non-college graduates widens as a person ages.

So if they fail to "realize their dream," they very well could be throwing away six or seven figures of future earning potential for walking away from a free education.

And for what?

I would posit that a contributing player at an SEC school gets as good, if not better exposure, than they would in Europe. While making $75,000 playing basketball in Europe sounds great, it's not all Paris and Positano. It's Slovakia, its Russia. It's oppressive tax regimes. It's halfway across the world from your family and friends. And it doesn't strike me that many guys who leave U.S. colleges, declare for the draft, go undrafted, leave for Europe and find their way back into the NBA is very high.

My sense is that a guy like Mickey has a slightly higher chance of getting on an NBA roster if he winds up in the D-League than if he stays at LSU for one more year and plateaus. Of course, the odds are still against him and he won't make half of what the average LSU grad makes.

So even putting aside my LSU fan hat, I believe Mickey made a colossal error that he will live to regret. There is a value to an LSU degree that he has thrown away. There is value to being on ESPN and SECN most games. There is a value to being the veteran on a young squad that can really make some hay in the SEC tournament. If he sticks around, he had a legit shot at being drafted low second round. Now, it's doubtful.

Anyway, my two cents. I don't have all of the answers. But I do know that if you have a chance to improve your lot in life without paying for it, it's usually a good deal.