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matt m asked in SportsFootball (American) · 1 decade ago

Should I play College Football or MLB baseball?

Good afternoon guys. I was wanting to enlist the advice of some of my yahoo buddy's to possibly help decide my future. I am a senior in highschool in Texas. I play tight end/ defensive end and I am a 5 star recruit and can go anywhere. I'm 6'7 250, run a 4.6 and camp out in back fields when I want. I'll probably go to UT, or Oklahoma if I pursue that. As a baseball player I am a pitcher that throws 95-97 and projected top 10 pick of the first round. I will make about 10 million for a signing bonus for baseball but I think I like football more, although it will be 3 years until I make money in football and I don't know if I want to wait that long. Also, I think if i entered the draft and blew out my arm I could always come back and play football. What would you guys do if you had the talent I have?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I'm more of a football fan. I'd go with football. However, if you're really that good of a pitcher, baseball wouldn't be a bad option for you at all.

  • 1 decade ago

    I know what you’re going through. I had a similar situation. I was an all state tuba player in high school. I had scholarship offers from over 3 colleges, and that was just in Texas.

    But I was also a great drummer, and spent most of my high school years in the garage with a local rock band. Rock music was my first love. But I let financial and educational concerns overcome my real passion in life. Yes, I decided to take the college tuba route.

    I had a great time in college. Those band bus trips were awesome. And the girls really love the tuba players. I was a wonderful time, but I was always low on cash. I’d keep reading in the papers about how my former rock group was cutting records all the time and doing sell out concerts and making tons of money. So I was regretting my decision.

    I kept thinking that after I graduated college I could rejoin the rock band. But by that time they were all in rehab or in jail. So, I had missed my opportunity.

    I tried playing tuba professionally but that didn’t work out so well. I did a few seedy barroom gigs while selling insurance on the side. When both of those went bust I ended up on the street, now and then entertaining my hobo pals with their favorite tuba songs.

    I still have my trusty tuba at my side as I travel the lonely highways and railways of these United States. The moral is always do what your passion tells you to do. Don’t let education stand in the way of your happiness.

  • 1 decade ago

    Go for college football, you may not make any money for a little while, but you can get better and make some real money in the pros. And if you do go for college football you should sign with Michigan State. They may not be an Oklahoma or Texas but they will be by maybe next year. They also have a great couching staff and you will get a lot of playing time.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You would probably have more fun playing football but if you get injured playing college football, you won't be playing any sport.

    What you could do is sign the baseball contract and you will get a million dollar bonus esp with your talent and then you can hone your football skills by playing semi-pro football in the baseball off-season and then tryout for the Arena football league or the NFL while you are 21. As for education, you can go to college anytime.

    Edit: You said in another post that you were 6 foot 4. You're a troll.

    Source(s): I'm a professional athlete myself as I recently signed a contract with an agent based on my ability to do ab crunches: http://www.youtube.com/dude58677
  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    I'll keep updating this list as I think of more, but here's a start: Jeff Samardzija Todd Helton Clayton Richard Seth Smith Adam Dunn Mark DeRosa Players I know for sure were offered D-I scholarships but didn't play: (This is a long list, much longer than I can think of. Don't also forgot those were played/received offers to play college basketball.) CC Sabathia Nick Swisher Alex Rodriguez Joe Mauer Grady Sizemore Matt Holliday Carl Crawford Matt Tuiasosopo Domonic Brown Mike Stanton

  • 1 decade ago

    baseball if you want more money

    football if you want more excitment

    Baseball, will be harder, can be more boring, less practice, more money. Also rookies and newcomers have a tough time in the MLB unless ur really good. Pitchers will find themselves in minor league teams a lot of the time.

    Football, will be much more physical, and much more practice,for less money, if you want to do it, then go for it, but injuries as you know can get bad. With football, theres no minor league, so if ur cut ur done. If ur really good though its worth it

    Its actually just which one your truly better at...

  • I would do Football. Nothing beats Football. But If you're looking money wise, pursue baseball and go to the Yankees, LMAO.

  • 1 decade ago

    Go with football because it would take along time for you to get to the pros in baseball and most people dont even make it out of the minors. With football if you make it to the pros, theres no minor league teams so your start out on the team (if you dont get cut).

  • 1 decade ago

    If you throw 95-97 and can "learn" to pitch, I'd opt for baseball.....Longevity.....

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