[socalstanfan1]

It will be interesting to see what high schoolers do given they won't receive the kind of money they used to get.

I don't follow these things too closely, but I know in the recent past that in MLB the dollars discussed, regarding kids signed early in the draft, have been suggested "slot" money, but without penalties for teams signing players to contracts far exceeding the suggestion.  That lead to teams signing players at the last possible moment (MLB has a deadline for signing players), to avoid harrassment from the league for enormous contracts.  I'm not sure if the new CBA sets hard caps on $$ granted to players drafted at certain spots, but if it is like past baseball salary caps, it is essentially meaningless.

Hind sight is always 20/20 on these things.  One can always find examples of kids who don't make it (the failure rate in MLB first rounders is extraordinarily high); but of course 18 year olds who have enjoyed great success at athletics their whole lives don't always have the same perspective as others, even if they have responsible adults trying to guide them, rather than people just trying to squeeze as much out of them as they can.  And I don't think that is just the case for kids coming from poorer backgrounds.  A lot of people's heads can be turned by a contract with $2,000,000.00 on it.

[socalstanfan1]

It will be interesting to see what high schoolers do given they won't receive the kind of money they used to get.

I don't follow these things too closely, but I know in the recent past that in MLB the dollars discussed, regarding kids signed early in the draft, have been suggested "slot" money, but without penalties for teams signing players to contracts far exceeding the suggestion.  That lead to teams signing players at the last possible moment (MLB has a deadline for signing players), to avoid harrassment from the league for enormous contracts.  I'm not sure if the new CBA sets hard caps on $$ granted to players drafted at certain spots, but if it is like past baseball salary caps, it is essentially meaningless.

Hind sight is always 20/20 on these things.  One can always find examples of kids who don't make it (the failure rate in MLB first rounders is extraordinarily high); but of course 18 year olds who have enjoyed great success at athletics their whole lives don't always have the same perspective as others, even if they have responsible adults trying to guide them, rather than people just trying to squeeze as much out of them as they can.  And I don't think that is just the case for kids coming from poorer backgrounds.  A lot of people's heads can be turned by a contract with $2,000,000.00 on it.