My goodness, Jake Locker stays at Washington
December 15th, 2009 by Dwight Jaynes | 51 Comments | Filed in College football, NFLI think it’s like a cult up there in Seattle. They won’t let you go unless they’re done with you.
On the very same day that ESPN’s Todd McShay wrote that he believed Jake Locker would go No. 1 in the NFL draft, the kid announces he’s going to stay at the University of Washington for his senior season.
Really? I mean, REALLY?
He’s going to pass on possible No. 1 money to come back and risk an entire career just to play for that college team? Sorry, that’s insane. And his coach is doing him a major disservice by not telling him to go.
Yeah, if you’re not a high pick, play out your collegiate eligibility. But if you’re a top five pick — or perhaps even the top pick — it’s a very poor fiscal decision to not enter the draft. And as much as his college coach wants him back, he has a responsibility in this case to tell the kid to jump.
We’re talking about millions and millions of dollars, enough money for his family and all the Lockers for generations to come.
Ridiculous.
UPDATE: As several commenters have already mentioned, I was remiss in not mentioning that the next collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and its players may include a rookie wage scale, which would make this decision look even more severely boneheaded.
Locker may be throwing away $30-$40 million by not entering this draft.
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