Bob Stoops: 'Don't play for a discount'

 
By Berry Tramel | Published: May 31, 2010   

Bob Stoops diagrams at the greaseboard, and his players' eyes get big. Stoops isn't teaching football. He's teaching economics.

Stoops writes down $3 million. An impressive NFL salary. Then he brings up taxes; the government getting 40something percent. And agent fees. Stoops' greaseboard has cut that salary in half.

photo - Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops tries every year to make his players understand the benefits of staying in college as long as possible. Those benefits include the possibility of going higher in the NFL Draft and graduating. PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops tries every year to make his players understand the benefits of staying in college as long as possible. Those benefits include the possibility of going higher in the NFL Draft and graduating. PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN

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"They got no idea,” Stoops said of his players.

"You're done playing at 26 or 27. You don't have a degree.

"You're going to take care of your mom? You're not...
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