http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2009/09/30/neuheisel-supports-bradford-stoops/ Thoughts from The Oklahoman Sports Columnist Berry Tramel | NewsOK.com Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2009/09/30/neuheisel-supports-bradford-stoops/comment-page-1/#comment-9913 Douchenozzle Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:16:15 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/?p=1365#comment-9913 It may indeed be true that this injury has hurt Gresham’s draft prospects, but it concerns me that all the talk about whether he (or Bradford, for that matter) made the right decision to return to OU for one more year before heading to the NFL centers entirely on how this will affect his short-term (and possibly long-term) financial means. Hey, I would not have begrudged either of them had they chosen to follow the money, but if they were going after something that was more important to them than money (another year in the college atmosphere, a chance to play for a national title — Peterson recently said his biggest regret from his college years is he didn’t win an NC; don’t think these things don’t matter anymore to players once they get to the pros) how can we call that a mistake, just because an unfortuitous injury may reduce the amount of money they make in their first couple years in the NFL (injury or no, both Gresham and Bradford are still on course to have tremendous NFL careers, barring a later more serious injury ending their respective careers prematurely).

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