n.e.husker Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Glad its almost over too, then we wont have to deal with everyone talking about his unique decision and how this should be easy to resolve, one that very few have to make at such a young age, pro ball and millions or the college experience. edit: cut him some slack, at 18 my head would have been spinning about all of this, and i would have made sure to take my time to make the best decision for me. He hasnt hurt the program by doing this. Quote Link to comment
theknife Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Now that the nepotism rumors are over for the Cottons, I'm glad to see we moved on to questioning the commitment of a kid. Sadly this will be over in a few hours and the board will have to get back to discussing reality. 1 Quote Link to comment
jsneb83 Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Watching the Royals game to see they have any updates. Prolly not but I hope they beat the Spankees. Quote Link to comment
wildman Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 I am almost positive that paying a recruit $11 million is an NCAA violation. Its not violation if they cant find the person who did it, can they? not unless the money went through the dad according to the Cam Newton case. Quote Link to comment
mnhusker Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 I am almost positive that paying a recruit $11 million is an NCAA violation. They need to stop worrying about the small stuff and focus on the big things, I mean you may be right but who knows???? Quote Link to comment
Fuzzy Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 You know the good news to me if he does sign with Royals, i get to see him play baseball in Omaha. Quote Link to comment
roadrat Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 MLB has their own set of rules. I don't think any of the top picks have officially signed yet. Many of the deals have to be approved by MLB so very few will be announced before 11 pm. In a way it protects teams from being held more hostage than they already are. If the 2nd pick hears he is offered less than Bubba (the 5th pick) he could go back to the team and demand more money before 11pm. Baseball also has a thing called slot but it is widely ignored. It basically says if you are picked 5th, you should receive a set amount of money. Again teams rarely follow this, but deals over slot are subject to approval. BTW, they are never overturned. Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 I'll be honest...baseball confuses the crap outta me. Quote Link to comment
Haspula Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Come on bubba, do what's best for the community and your family. Sign with the huskers! You will have more fans cheering for you playing in the bcs national championship game for Nebraska than if you played on a non-winning baseball team. Go B1G Quote Link to comment
okaive Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 I guess I'm not totally convinced he's going to be happy with the decision he's made.. I believe that no matter which choice he takes, he will be asking himself "what would life been like if he chose the other option". Glad its almost over too, then we wont have to deal with everyone talking about his unique decision and how this should be easy to resolve, one that very few have to make at such a young age, pro ball and millions or the college experience. I know right. Can't wait so all we have to focus on is the Injury Thread. Quote Link to comment
PaulCrewe Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 MLB has their own set of rules. I don't think any of the top picks have officially signed yet. Many of the deals have to be approved by MLB so very few will be announced before 11 pm. In a way it protects teams from being held more hostage than they already are. If the 2nd pick hears he is offered less than Bubba (the 5th pick) he could go back to the team and demand more money before 11pm. Baseball also has a thing called slot but it is widely ignored. It basically says if you are picked 5th, you should receive a set amount of money. Again teams rarely follow this, but deals over slot are subject to approval. BTW, they are never overturned. Ubber pitcher Trevor Bauer from UCLA, drafted by Arizona has signed. He was the third overall selection. The thing is Bubba can get more than Bauer because of the football possibility. Quote Link to comment
Fuzzy Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 MLB has their own set of rules. I don't think any of the top picks have officially signed yet. Many of the deals have to be approved by MLB so very few will be announced before 11 pm. In a way it protects teams from being held more hostage than they already are. If the 2nd pick hears he is offered less than Bubba (the 5th pick) he could go back to the team and demand more money before 11pm. Baseball also has a thing called slot but it is widely ignored. It basically says if you are picked 5th, you should receive a set amount of money. Again teams rarely follow this, but deals over slot are subject to approval. BTW, they are never overturned. I read a report that only one of the top 5 picks have signed so far. Quote Link to comment
EZ-E Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Bubba is going to make the choice that will make him happy. I don't believe he was using us as a bargaining chip for baseball, he was making his choice on what he thought was best in case the baseball thing didn't come through right away. I am happy the kid did what he had to do and he's making his choice to further his career. He may go baseball, he may play for the Huskers, none of us know. I wish him the best of luck in whatever he does. I'd take the money to play a sport with very little physical contact and make all the money I could playing a sport I love to play. Any of us would make that same choice given the chance. What could be better, working 6 months out of the year and making a boatload of cash while doing something you actually enjoy. Those of you calling him out for running this out for so long have no clue, it's not really in his hands right now, his agent will posture and if Bubba likes what he see's then he accepts the offer, if not, he goes to NU and gets a degree. I think this is a very insightful post. The people that say he would be stupid to come to NU need to rethink that. There is absolutely no wrong choice here for Bubba. None whatsoever. Not even half wrong. Quote Link to comment
Fuzzy Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 In my eyes the longer this goes on and goes down to the wire, the better chance Nebraska has of keeping Bubba in Lincoln. Quote Link to comment
okaive Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 None whatsoever. Not even half wrong. Except for the part that his family will still be poor as hell. Quote Link to comment
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