 All right, so Collar Murray was drafted by the A's last year in the top 10 and he's given a four-point whatever million dollar bonus Which he had to pay back if he ever did football now at the time Collar Murray was not considered a top flight football prospect But he goes on he was the Heisman Trophy because Lincoln Riley is a quarterback whisperer first Baker Mayfield and now Now Collar Murray so he becomes a first-round draft pick and all like Luit So he announces today that he's fully committing to being a football player Okay, fine, but there are a couple of People that get hurt in this well really one one entity unless the Oakland A's When the Oakland A's drafted this guy, they had no idea that he would ever be a first-round draft pick He was not thought of us that way in the NFL. He was an outstanding college baseball player That's why they gave him as much money as they did So now he wins the Heisman Trophy He's been told he's gonna go in the first round in a draft. That's not quarterback deep and the A's get nothing They don't get another pick. They don't get a compensatory pick. They don't get any bonus slot money. Nothing. They got burned There should be some sort of codicell That major league baseball has that if this happens to a team, they should get a similar draft pick the next year And make it tight and make it sure that nobody could take advantage of it, but this is not fair the Oakland A's I don't know what you do about it. Like you said give another pick Well, but but you don't do those things at a vacuum if you say, all right We're gonna give you the tenth overall pick in next year's draft to compensate for what you lost But if I've got if I'm team X with the 10th big now I dropped to 11 just because you happen to get screwed even if you don't do that then give them a compensatory pick Listen Kaviyat Amtor fire you where right? Honestly, they knew he was a player. No, but you knew he was a football player Alright, so maybe you have to almost be an NFL scout the same way you aren't MLB scout How good a prospect could he be? Could he play his way into the first round of the draft? Right. I mean, I I I understand he kind of feel bad for the Oakland A's but Hey, that just happens. All right. You're taking it a guy that's a two-sport player You misjudged his town as a bit as a football player now That's not your Ballywick your baseball guys So you're not supposed to know but this is the risk you run that maybe that's why the other nine teams There were ahead of them passed on them because they knew that this was a good be a possibility I feel bad for the A's but I don't know what you do about it And he did return the portion of the bonus money that he was given to he would have gotten the remainder of it If he had reported to camp next week Now the question which I think advances the story Did he make the right decision and I'm gonna tell you this Because everybody out there listening to the show knows how I love baseball. It's my favorite sport Then football and basketball in one order and others next I love baseball, but I got to tell you this They're losing the great athletes that are coming through the system. They just are because of the way the sport is set up in terms of you sign You end up going down to the minor leagues the minor leagues from what I've heard I was lucky there there were there were broadcasters that worked nine ten years in the minor leagues. It's hell You're writing buses ten-hour buses. Sometimes the the accommodations are awful. There's no money whatsoever So if you're not a big bonus, baby Who could live off your four million dollar bonus if you're just a kid who got picked in the 30th round You have to live on $500 a month It's not a great come-on to a great athlete So if you're if you're an athletic kid from a poor background, what are you gonna gravitate toward football? Will you go to college get drafted? Boom. You're in the pros basketball go to college for one year Get drafted. You're in the pros. There's no minor leagues per se in baseball and Now with the way the collective bargaining agreement is fleshed out. Let's say you go to college Let's say you leave after your junior year. You're 21 years old. You get drafted Let's say at the at the least you're gonna be the minor leagues two years Maybe three you get called up at 24 The team that has control of you for six more years. You become a free agent at the age of 30 Maddie Machado and Bryce Harper whatever warts they might have are outstanding players They're 26 they've not been able to get a job when you're 30 you're in that tweener land where you're not going to be able to cash in So you get the sign? How many contracts that are big none? Arbitration is the only time you're gonna make decent money and that's a year-to-year basis Collar Murray gets drafted in the NFL. He gets drafted in the top half for the first round There's guaranteed money and then he ends up playing four years signs a big money contract He's a good player. I'm telling you everything set up Donna Peter for baseball to lose the great athletes that are out there