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Kyle Parker looks to be returning as the starting quarterback at Clemson after negotiations with the Colorado Rockies broke down on Tuesday night.
Parker, who threw 20 touchdowns as a freshman last season, was a first-round pick in the MLB draft last month and had been in serious discussions with the team.

The news was a relief to Tigers coach Dabo Swinney, who would have turned to redshirt freshman Tajh Boyd if Parker had done the expected and signed a baseball-only contract as an outfielder with Colorado.

"We can move on and people can have some closure on it," Swinney
http://www.independentmail.com/blogs/greg-wallace/2010/jul/21/kyle_parker/told the Independent Mail
http://www.independentmail.com/blogs/greg-wallace/2010/jul/21/kyle_parker/of Anderson, S.C. "People have been working extremely hard all summer, we've had excellent leadership, I think they've been focused. Outside looking in we've had an excellent summer and I don't want to let this overshadow that in any regard."
 
It is still possible for Parker change his mind. While he set a deadline of yesterday to reach a deal, Parker officially has until Aug. 15 to make a decision. It is possible the team could meet his demands – reportedly a $3 million signing bonus - and leave Clemson.

The other likely scenario is that he would agree only to a deal that allows him to play professional baseball in the summer and college football in the fall.

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So it IS possible to turn down a lot of money to play QB in college?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

 
EZ-E said:
So it IS possible to turn down a lot of money to play QB in college?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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This kid is in a little different position than Bubba will be. Parker turns it down this year and there is a VERY high likelyhood it will be there next year. Just in case, he'll have a monster insurance policy to help him sleep at night. IF Bubba turns down $1+ million - he has to wait 3 years to find out if he has another chance at the $$ again. VERY different scenarios IMO. One is a proven comodity, the other is a "prospect". One has to wait 8 months to resign, the other 36 months.

 
And, Bubba is not exactly walking back into a starting job. Then, he hasn't been drafted in the first round either.

 
kchusker_chris said:
EZ-E said:
So it IS possible to turn down a lot of money to play QB in college?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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This kid is in a little different position than Bubba will be. Parker turns it down this year and there is a VERY high likelyhood it will be there next year. Just in case, he'll have a monster insurance policy to help him sleep at night. IF Bubba turns down $1+ million - he has to wait 3 years to find out if he has another chance at the $$ again. VERY different scenarios IMO. One is a proven comodity, the other is a "prospect". One has to wait 8 months to resign, the other 36 months.
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He couldnt be drafted after his freshmen year???????

 
dylan said:
EZ-E said:
He couldnt be drafted after his freshmen year???????
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no. college baseball players cannot be drafted by MLB until after their third year on campus.
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You are right. I coach soccer at a juco and a lot of the players that are here get drafted after their first year so I was going to call you a liar haha. I looked it up and the rules are different for jucos. That is how Bryce Harper ducked the rule as well. :cheers

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