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HubSpotCane said:
Westminister Christian I believe. Play other private schools like Ransom, Palmer and St. Brendan. Pretty poor competition in the grand scheme but he's probably a kid that can play for one of the Ivies one day.
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A childhood friend of mine accepted a football scholly to Brown University over some lower level Div. 1 schools.

No Brainer.

Signed,

Peruche
 
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NC_Canes_11 said:
Since when do Ivy League schools give athletic scholarships?
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My bad, but it's all the same, he received a free degree from Brown University. My friend ended up not even using his engineering degree from Brown. He came back home took a couple classes at USF to get himself ready for medical school. Eventually enlisted in the Army to get his medical degree and now is an emergency room physician at a local hospital here in the Tampa Bay area.

Signed,

Peruche
 
Peruche said:
My bad, but it's all the same, he received a free degree from Brown University. My friend ended up not even using his engineering degree from Brown. He came back home took a couple classes at USF to get himself ready for medical school. Eventually enlisted in the Army to get his medical degree and now is an emergency room physician at a local hospital here in the Tampa Bay area.

Signed,

Peruche
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You’re good man idk how old you are so it was sort of a sincere question. I wasn’t aware if it was different years ago or what
 
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If my son had a chance to play FBS, and was passionate about playing, I'd tell him to take it over an Ivy opportunity.

Smart is smart. You don't get dumber by going to a football school. Being different from other candidates gets you noticed. And then it's up to your chops and work ethic.
 
No Ivy is giving you athletic money

No Ivy is giving you full financial aid unless your family is dead broke and even if they give you 50% you are still looking at 100k debt out of college
 
DMoney said:
If my son had a chance to play FBS, and was passionate about playing, I'd tell him to take it over an Ivy opportunity.

Smart is smart. You don't get dumber by going to a football school. Being different from other candidates gets you noticed. And then it's up to your chops and work ethic.
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My buddy who is a booster for Auburn said they take care of the kids who play for the football team out of college if they actually put the work in the classroom
 
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OriginalGatorHater said:
Top NFL players are an even smaller club. Plus you don't need to be a top guy to make more than the highest tier NFL players.
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They’re both small clubs, tiny clubs.

But top hedge fund guys, you can probably count on both your hands. There’s a few more top NFL guys than that. Even mid tier NFL guys are still pulling in somewhere between five and 10 million a year., Not top hedge fund money of course, but that’s the kind of money guys working under the top hedge fund managers make.

Bottom line, your odds for making and maintaining substantial wealth over a long period of time are much better with the Ivy League track, than within NFL track, and that’s leaving the hedge fund guys completely out.

Not everyone is even going to have a reasonable shot at being a top hedge fund manager, but there’s several fields, not just including finance, where you can guarantee yourself a substantial lifetime salary with an Ivy League degree, obviously as long as you put in the work and are qualified.
 
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OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:
They’re both small clubs, tiny clubs.

But top hedge fund guys, you can probably count on both your hands. There’s a few more top NFL guys than that. Even mid tier NFL guys are still pulling in somewhere between five and 10 million a year., Not top hedge fund money of course, but that’s the kind of money guys working under the top hedge fund managers make.

Bottom line, your odds for making and maintaining substantial wealth over a long period of time are much better with the Ivy League track, than within NFL track, and that’s leaving the hedge fund guys completely out.

Not everyone is even going to have a reasonable shot at being a top hedge fund manager, but there’s several fields, not just including finance, where you can guarantee yourself a substantial lifetime salary with an Ivy League degree, obviously as long as you put in the work and are qualified.
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Yes, but the NFL players are only making that for 10-15 maybe 20 years. As opposed to the guys making 5-10 for their entire career. Also, that is just comparing it to one small industry. If you include the top PE and the other sectors, the number of top guys dwarfs top NFL players.

Overall I agree with you though.
 
DMoney said:
If my son had a chance to play FBS, and was passionate about playing, I'd tell him to take it over an Ivy opportunity.

Smart is smart. You don't get dumber by going to a football school. Being different from other candidates gets you noticed. And then it's up to your chops and work ethic.
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That is a very valid point. Just like if my son was passionate about being a navy seal, but got into an Ivy League school. I would push for him to got to Navy, since it better fits is goals.

No you don't get dumber by going to a P5 school and yes being different helps you get notice. I also agree that it is up to your work ethic, however, not going to an elite school will close a lot of doors for you.
 
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