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Jul 20, 2017
8:58:19am

JOPE All-American

He must be one of the .0000001 percent of americans

That dream of giving up a chance to play in the NCAA tournament at a school that packs 20,000 into its arena to go play for one of the smallest clubs in Italy and make a 5 figure income that is taxed at 40%.

I think playing basketball in Italy would be fun for a young kid, but leaving school early for that is stupid, it makes no sense.

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JOPE

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Last login: Sep 20, 2024
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Time

Re: Mika's salary. Last year, Pesaro's leading scorer, a rookie btw, was signed

7/20/17 8:24am

Hey, they know very well how to get by in Italy on $500-$600 a month

Indy Coug

7/20/17 8:28am

As long as they are also living rent-free and tax-free

7/20/17 9:47am

The biggest plus is that he speaks Italian...

grandpabluehair

7/20/17 2:10pm

things worked out great for Mika, just as i have to believe he knew they would

smokymountainrain

7/20/17 8:28am

Hmmm...seems like he made a really stupid decision

JOPE

7/20/17 8:35am

I doubt he would have made more money.

Josef K

7/20/17 8:47am

He must be one of the .0000001 percent of americans

JOPE

7/20/17 8:58am

Maybe that wasn't a dream of his...

icecougar

7/20/17 2:22pm

never said he was stupid, i said it is a stupid decision

JOPE

7/20/17 3:21pm

Hard to disagree with this..

SLIVER

7/20/17 3:10pm

RMs don't get more explosive the 2nd year back?

warp

7/20/17 9:11am

I assume that by the time summer league play began he was at the pinnacle of his

Josef K

7/20/17 9:15am

I think the value of being a BYU legend is worth a few $$$. He didn't agree.

7/20/17 10:46am

Sadly, I agree

JKLCoug

7/20/17 10:27am

Settled for a bottom rung of the ladder he hoped to climb

7/20/17 10:30am

And when his playing days are over.............. what next.

Count Cougar

7/20/17 11:21am

Let's see probably millions in investment management

OC Coug

7/20/17 4:36pm

He's making more than 90% of recent graduates. And he just finished his 2nd year

Dissenter

7/20/17 11:57am

In the world where he very likely could have

JKLCoug

7/20/17 12:25pm

'very likely' is entirely up to interpretation, and do you really believe that?

Dissenter

7/20/17 3:14pm

I would assume he is making closer to $100k. But I have no inside knowledge of

TheLoneCougar

7/20/17 8:39am

Missing a big point...no degree.

Jasbo

7/20/17 9:26am

*Meant to attach this to Cougar Insider thread...

Jasbo

7/20/17 9:27am

He will have plenty of opportunities to go back. Not a real point IMO.

Cougstreak

7/20/17 9:47am

There is also an advantage to going to school

7/20/17 11:11am

Although he will also likely be balancing kids later in the equation

Gigo

7/20/17 12:53pm

Agreed, he should have come back.

Cougstreak

7/20/17 2:09pm

Data says it's not so likely that he will return later and get a degree...

Jasbo

7/20/17 1:00pm

Pls give the background on the data, is the focus on kids from wealthy families?

Cougstreak

7/20/17 2:05pm

But he was a high level DIV 1 athlete at BYU. He is not part of the statistics.

The Old Y

7/20/17 10:54am

What would change next yr regarding Mika's size, Length, athleticism that would

icecougar

7/20/17 2:56pm

Sounds about right.

chilango

7/20/17 9:09am

It's silly for anyone to think that Mika didn't know this was the most probable

84 Grad

7/20/17 11:04am

100k or a senior season? That 100k would have been there next year.

7/20/17 11:05am

*junior season

SierraCoug

7/20/17 11:27am

200K+ or TWO years of school and the ability to go back at any time

Dissenter

7/20/17 12:09pm

Where did you get the $200k+?

chilango

7/20/17 12:13pm

100k x 2=200k. Mika would be a junior this year.

Metallicat

7/20/17 1:12pm

I am always amazed at how preoccupied CBers are with money

JoMax

7/20/17 11:54am

Pay for free or get paid to play. No contest there.

CougarinOZ

7/20/17 12:06pm

Why do any good players ever go to college then? Do you think they should all go

chilango

7/20/17 12:20pm

How many people are making 100k w/ only an undergrad?

Metallicat

7/20/17 1:16pm

How does what other grads are making have anything do with this?

JKLCoug

7/20/17 1:33pm

Because the person I was replying to asked about the value of a college educatio

Metallicat

7/20/17 2:25pm

What if he's only making $80K? Does this change anything? And BTW,

chilango

7/20/17 1:51pm

Ok, so he's making less than some and more than most recent grads.

Metallicat

7/20/17 2:32pm

because you can

warp

7/20/17 2:42pm

I see your point, but he was not going to dramatically improve his NBA chances

Cougstreak

7/20/17 2:54pm

Not dramatically but they would have improved

warp

7/20/17 7:52pm

You should change "would" for "could". Nothing is certain.

Cougstreak

7/20/17 9:30pm

"could" implies possible but not likely

warp

7/21/17 6:52am

Not that I want to get too involved in your conversation, but "could" is best.

84 Grad

7/21/17 9:24am

Agree

Cougstreak

7/21/17 11:15am

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