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justafan said:
Fingers crossed that we keep them both. Would be nice if King announced that he intends to stay.
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Why does King or any other player have to announce they are staying? That sounds like an ego move to me and I don't sense King has ever felt the need to promote himself. I doubt that he lives on the message boards like some on here do. He may not even be aware that some posters on here need to hear that he isn't going anywhere. That being said, I agree that we would benefit greatly from having both of them remain at Tech.
 
78pike said:
Why does King or any other player have to announce they are staying? That sounds like an ego move to me and I don't sense King has ever felt the need to promote himself. I doubt that he lives on the message boards like some on here do. He may not even be aware that some posters on here need to hear that he isn't going anywhere. That being said, I agree that we would benefit greatly from having both of them remain at Tech.
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Yeah I take your point, it does seem a bit egotistical & cringeworthy when players post social media announcements that they're returning just like when they commit. But recruits might want to know... Fans definitelt want to know. A sports reporter should ask him.
 
78pike said:
Why does King or any other player have to announce they are staying? That sounds like an ego move to me and I don't sense King has ever felt the need to promote himself. I doubt that he lives on the message boards like some on here do. He may not even be aware that some posters on here need to hear that he isn't going anywhere. That being said, I agree that we would benefit greatly from having both of them remain at Tech.
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Seems like if he recognized the fact that the fans are concerned, he could announce his plan to stay without it being an ego move.
 
78pike said:
He may not even be aware that some posters on here need to hear that he isn't going anywhere.
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Dirty Jacket said:
I don’t really see what you guys are all debating about singleton. This seems super straight forward. He is being offered more money to go somewhere else. I don’t think number of touches, the QB, the education, the 30 year picture are in play here. It’s purely I make X now to ball and I’m being offered 3X to do the same thing now. I think that’s the beginning and end of the thought going into this. This is not meant as a slight or insult. I think it just is what it is.
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You are correct relative his college career and short term NIL earnings.
However, beyond football, counter to the people who say this is a "risk-averse" decision, it is NOT for those who start here and and don't make it to the league. Especially, if their money management skills are akin to many who do make it to the league.

Every barometer out there says that post-football, a GT degree is much more valuable than one from most other P4 schools.
Obviously, every circumstance is different, but saying this is not a roll of the dice, is not totally correct.
 
79tech said:
I saw him play 3/4 times on tv and every time he played really well. He must have had some stinker games too though to be benched? Much better than the Ugie guy last year who every time I saw him play, at Clemson or FSU, was bad.
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Yes, his is talented, but he already proved this year that he is not the team leader type which Norvell needed this year to step up after Travis.
Ole Corn-row hasn't figured out that he needs team chemistry and leadership more than the talented "look at me" types, especially at QB.
He may be destined to lose his job.
 
GoBees said:
Every barometer out there says that post-football, a GT degree is much more valuable than one from most other P4 schools.
Obviously, every circumstance is different, but saying this is not a roll of the dice, is not totally correct.
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A GT degree is not more valuable than a degree from another P4 school plus two million dollars when you graduate, especially not for the degrees/careers that the vast majority of football players pursue. No degree is.
 
justafan said:
Yeah I take your point, it does seem a bit egotistical & cringeworthy when players post social media announcements that they're returning just like when they commit. But recruits might want to know... Fans definitelt want to know. A sports reporter should ask him.
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He's practicing for the bowl. seems that's a statement in itself.
 
andrew said:
A GT degree is not more valuable than a degree from another P4 school plus two million dollars when you graduate, especially not for the degrees/careers that the vast majority of football players pursue. No degree is.
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Not when you graduate. That's not how present value (or future/compounding return) works.
 
andrew said:
A GT degree is not more valuable than a degree from another P4 school plus two million dollars when you graduate, especially not for the degrees/careers that the vast majority of football players pursue. No degree is.
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I make $2M every 4 years, times 20 years thats a lot more. Also, if you get that all in the same year, the tax man gets half of it.
 
white&gold said:
This helps me cope a little better. I don’t blame him one bit for leaving.

NFL money ain’t guaranteed. Players have career changing injuries that impact their future ability to earn. Take the $2M now, save a lot of it back, and he’ll always be ahead in life financially.
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I think this makes it worse. This has probably already been discussed but remember when Singleton said he wouldn't abandon and his dad said he "raised him better than to leave after committing to something". So they're word was just "words". I'm old enough to remember when "your word" actually meant something.
I liked when CPJ would pull offers from committed recruits talking to other schools.
 
SiliconJacket said:
I make $2M every 4 years, times 20 years thats a lot more. Also, if you get that all in the same year, the tax man gets half of it.
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The vast majority of people will not make that coming out of GT, or even within several years of coming out of GT. Due to the time value of money, taking the cash up front is almost certainly the right move assuming he's really looking in the $2 million range.

Let's say you take the extra $2 million ($1 million after taxes) and get a non-GT degree. You're able to save $2,000/month on your salary. You invest those savings and the $1 million in the stock market. The historical return has been 10% but let's make it 8% to be a little conservative. After ten years, you have $2.5 million.

Now let's say you don't take the extra $2 million and instead go to GT. Thanks to the value of that degree, you're able to save six times as much money: a whopping $12,000/month. You invest those savings into the stock market. After ten years, with that same 8% rate, you have...$2.1 million. Significantly less.

Obviously this is super generalized and there are other factors to consider (his NIL wouldn't have been 0 at Tech; actually saving $12,000/month is out of reach for most recent grads; you may get raises; stock market fluctuates in the short term; etc.), but the point is that having a huge lump sum upfront is extraordinarily valuable.
 
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