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Originally Posted by mikephoen
I'm always a little surprised at how high many people value a degree. If he gets his communications degree, but suffers a hockey career ending injury while at school, he will have an education that means he can get a job getting people coffee and doing photocopying. If he signs a pro contract with the Flames and suffers a career ending injury playing hockey, he'll have a few million dollars to use in the next phase of his life. Which can easily include finishing his degree anyway.
University degrees are a dime a dozen, NHL contracts aren't.
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Being in construction I bet I've had more guys with university degrees on the business end of a shovel than not. Depends on what you want to do with your degree once you get it I guess. I can't count how many poly sci grads I've had.