It's still the same # of years to get to the second contract
by G.K.Chesterton (2018-01-14 22:50:20)
Edited on 2018-01-14 22:50:43

In reply to: But the risk of injury between contract 1 and contract  posted by SUJB9

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all other things being equal. You are adding an extra year of risk in college to get there. Of course, first-round picks might have to wait an extra year to get a bite of the apple.

But the risk to get to go back to college comes with
by SUJB9  (2018-01-15 09:36:55)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

the potential reward of a bigger contract. There really isn't a likely upside to the second contract in terms of numbers other than getting to it a year faster. As mentioned below, the extra year is made up for with the difference between a 3rd round and 1st round contract (all assumptions, obviously, but you have to go with the info you have at the time of the decision).