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Originally Posted by JustAnotherGuy
http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/201...s_beede_talks/
"They were still far off," Beede told the Worcester Telegram and Gazette. "They ended up getting to $2.5 million, but that still wasn't what we valued the Vanderbilt education at.
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What idiot helped them value a Vanderbilt education? Maybe it is worth 2.5 million over a life time but he can't get these next three years back. I do not hope he has a major injury or anything but as I just read somewhere. A pitchers career can end on the next pitch. Such a bad decision.
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I read another article that suggested he sat down with his Grandfather and came to that conclusion.
I wonder if they looked at the value of an MLB contract for a star pitcher..."if he made it"...and what value that would add to his life.