I wanted to write a blog about this story when I first heard about it on Monday but have not had a chance to do so and that is the story pertaining to Scott Sicko who is (was) a Tight End for the University of New Hampshire.
To sum up the story briefly Scott was an All-American tight end at the University of New Hampshire (didn’t know they even had a football team) but was considered as a potential draft pick. Well draft weekend came and went and Scott was never drafted. Following that he had told his agency to their surprise that he was not willing to play in the NFL if he wasn’t drafted and would go attend graduate school. 
Now when certain people (non athletes or people who live in a whole) heard this story they were probably like good for him, he knows that an NFL career might not work out and he is looking out for his future. Well if you talk to anyone who says that then you have a legal right to slap them across the face. You would seriously have to be out of your mind to pass up an opportunity such as playing in the NFL. I would literally shave 10 years off my life if you said to me you could sign with an NFL team and have that chance, I am not even joking. So what if he wasn’t drafted that doesn’t mean shit in the NFL, look at some of the players who were never drafted Kurt Warner, Antonio Pierce, Ryan Grant, Bart Scott, Jake Delhomme, Jeff Saturday, Willie Parker, James Harrison, Tony Romo and Antonio Gates.
Now when certain people (non athletes or people who live in a whole) heard this story they were probably like good for him, he knows that an NFL career might not work out and he is looking out for his future. Well if you talk to anyone who says that then you have a legal right to slap them across the face. You would seriously have to be out of your mind to pass up an opportunity such as playing in the NFL. I would literally shave 10 years off my life if you said to me you could sign with an NFL team and have that chance, I am not even joking. So what if he wasn’t drafted that doesn’t mean shit in the NFL, look at some of the players who were never drafted Kurt Warner, Antonio Pierce, Ryan Grant, Bart Scott, Jake Delhomme, Jeff Saturday, Willie Parker, James Harrison, Tony Romo and Antonio Gates.Now I actually am not one who believes that the college you go to necessarily decides the outcome of your career because there are lots of other factors that matter much more but the University of New Hampshire is no Harvard Law School here. So this kid was flat out saying that making a guaranteed $325,000 which is the league minimum for a player on the 60 man roster was not worth his time. Find me a career where the minimum amount of money you can make your first year is $325k, yea that’s right you can’t.
Now the best part of this ridiculous decision was the fact that when the media found out about this kid every sports writer/blogger went absolutely off on this decision and that is because it was a terrible one. Well guess what goody too shoes Scotty Boy did last night, he signed with the Dallas Cowboys. Allelujah someone slapped a little sense him.
So let’s see in the next five years if I was right in thinking he was a complete moron for passing this decision up.
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