My advise as an Alabama fan is to return as starting QB to Alabama, win the Heisman and the National Championship (again) before going professional.
I worry that Tua is injury prone and will be injured again in college and never make it to the pros.
Who can forget this.
Take the money.
I asked a co-worker who had played five years in pro football. He suffers. I asked him: "Was it worth it?"
He answered: "Some days it was; some days it wasn't."
I have read that others are comparing Tua’s injury to recent injuries of other players.
I harken back to Bo Jackson. He still limps to this day.
I agree that Tua is injury-prone and should take the big bucks now because his playing days may be short and sweet if at all. He may never recover from this hip dislocation and break.
Don’t take this wrong, but in the grand scheme of things, why is this this even important to anyone?
I would be if I were him.
If I am an NFL team, I would have to be pretty desperate to invest in this kid with no post-injury snaps or workouts. With that said, I hope he does do well if and when he plays at the next level. Seems like a good kid.
As a side note, what Alabama booster paid for his parents to move to Alabama and provide the dad with employment.............Inquiring minds want to know...LOL!
I always thought that, in football, you traded your knees for big money.
Bama will be fine with Mac Jones.
The University of Texas had a basketball player named T.J. Ford. He had a devastating first step, led the Longhorns to the NCAA Final Four and was college basketball’s player of the year. During a pickup game at the campus intramural gym, Ford landed hard on the floor and lost feeling for a while in his body below the neck. It was determined he had a narrow spine, a problem found among some African Americans which can lead to permanent paralysis if the spine suffers major neck trauma.
Ford wanted to come back to school for his junior year but, faced with this new information, chose instead to turn pro - cashing in before another big injury might end his career. He was taken eighth in the 2003 NBA draft by Milwaukee and was able to play 8 years in the NBA.
He later wrote a column about his injury: “I can’t feel my body”
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/tj-ford-i-cant-feel-my-body
I bring all this up because some believe Tua’s career could be cut short by this hip injury and it could ruin his career the way it did Bo Jackson’s. Based on that, I’d say he’s smarter to take the money now and not take another snap in the SEC. He will be set for life with his rookie contract if he is wise with his money. No amount of fame at Alabama will compensate a life with no professional money rolling in.
It’s a shame for him that it must be this way but he can always finish his degree in the offseason. Many great athletes who went pro early made a point to finish their degrees after their pro careers had begun.
Who cares?