Diana Ordonez to Leave UVA Early to Enter NWSL Draft

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s the difference between a player going pro and making 35,000 a year or a college student getting a full ride at 35,000 a year?

The $35,000 free ride does not cost the school anything and you can not spend it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone mentioned that she go her degree a year early?

1. In what?
2. Where is the proof for the claim (just curious) Her bio sheet says undeclared

She’s a soccer stud. No question about it. But she’s from Texas. None of us know her. Playing three years at UVA doesn’t make her a Hometown hero.

She has the pedigree to do well in the NWSL providing she stays healthy and doesn’t get frustrated at that level.

Leaving behind college to make money is fine as long as you got the degree. So hopefully she did

No she has to play against that level and see if she can be productive. Lots of college stars do not bust a grape in the pros.

Well looks like she was scoreless in her last NCAA game…not too good for the ACC player of the year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s the difference between a player going pro and making 35,000 a year or a college student getting a full ride at 35,000 a year?

The $35,000 free ride does not cost the school anything and you can not spend it.

It’s “free” which mean you make money by not spending money. The value is in the savings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone mentioned that she go her degree a year early?

1. In what?
2. Where is the proof for the claim (just curious) Her bio sheet says undeclared

She’s a soccer stud. No question about it. But she’s from Texas. None of us know her. Playing three years at UVA doesn’t make her a Hometown hero.

She has the pedigree to do well in the NWSL providing she stays healthy and doesn’t get frustrated at that level.

Leaving behind college to make money is fine as long as you got the degree. So hopefully she did

No she has to play against that level and see if she can be productive. Lots of college stars do not bust a grape in the pros.

Well looks like she was scoreless in her last NCAA game…not too good for the ACC player of the year.

You clearly never played sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s the difference between a player going pro and making 35,000 a year or a college student getting a full ride at 35,000 a year?

Degrees are investments. You can say playing careers are as well, but they have lower rates of return for most across all sports and levels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s the difference between a player going pro and making 35,000 a year or a college student getting a full ride at 35,000 a year?

Degrees are investments. You can say playing careers are as well, but they have lower rates of return for most across all sports and levels.

And the fact that so many other people answered the question so poorly suggests their investment was not a good one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s the difference between a player going pro and making 35,000 a year or a college student getting a full ride at 35,000 a year?

The $35,000 free ride does not cost the school anything and you can not spend it.

It’s “free” which mean you make money by not spending money. The value is in the savings

Yes go spend your “free” money some place. LOL next they will be paying coaches in scholarships.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone mentioned that she go her degree a year early?

1. In what?
2. Where is the proof for the claim (just curious) Her bio sheet says undeclared

She’s a soccer stud. No question about it. But she’s from Texas. None of us know her. Playing three years at UVA doesn’t make her a Hometown hero.

She has the pedigree to do well in the NWSL providing she stays healthy and doesn’t get frustrated at that level.

Leaving behind college to make money is fine as long as you got the degree. So hopefully she did

No she has to play against that level and see if she can be productive. Lots of college stars do not bust a grape in the pros.

Well looks like she was scoreless in her last NCAA game…not too good for the ACC player of the year.

You clearly never played sports.

Clearly you are clueless to the difference between college soccer and the professional game. College soccer is so much less competitive vs the professional game.. Does not look good for the her pro career.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone mentioned that she go her degree a year early?

1. In what?
2. Where is the proof for the claim (just curious) Her bio sheet says undeclared

She’s a soccer stud. No question about it. But she’s from Texas. None of us know her. Playing three years at UVA doesn’t make her a Hometown hero.

She has the pedigree to do well in the NWSL providing she stays healthy and doesn’t get frustrated at that level.

Leaving behind college to make money is fine as long as you got the degree. So hopefully she did

No she has to play against that level and see if she can be productive. Lots of college stars do not bust a grape in the pros.

Well looks like she was scoreless in her last NCAA game…not too good for the ACC player of the year.

You clearly never played sports.

Clearly you are clueless to the difference between college soccer and the professional game. College soccer is so much less competitive vs the professional game.. Does not look good for the her pro career.

Since she failed to score in a college game, it looks bad for her pro career? What?

[Anonymous]

I've watched this thread for a bit now. I'm curious why the questions, hate or attitude toward a young lady that played at the top of the collegiate game making the jump to go to the next level? Why do you care? Its her business, her future and she is doing damn well up to this point without any input from all of you that want to question her choices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've watched this thread for a bit now. I'm curious why the questions, hate or attitude toward a young lady that played at the top of the collegiate game making the jump to go to the next level? Why do you care? Its her business, her future and she is doing damn well up to this point without any input from all of you that want to question her choices.

People don’t care. That’s probably the point

[Anonymous]

She can come back and get her degree. Like all athletes, she only has so many years to play at the top level. Not sure why this is an issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've watched this thread for a bit now. I'm curious why the questions, hate or attitude toward a young lady that played at the top of the collegiate game making the jump to go to the next level? Why do you care? Its her business, her future and she is doing damn well up to this point without any input from all of you that want to question her choices.

I’ve watched this thread too, but haven’t posted. People talk about sports and people talk about decisions made by people in sports. Go check Twitter and you’ll find all sorts of opinions on Max Scherzer signing with the Mets. If she cared about what this board thought, she could have asked weeks ago for opinions. Obviously, she didn’t (unless I missed the thread), so not sure why she would or should care about comments that are made here now. Not to mention, I don’t see much of what could be construed as “hate”. Some questions about whether it was the right decision, the financial reality of the NWSL, and questions about whether or not she’ll be successful as a pro...those are ALWAYS questions that are going to be asked when someone is going pro.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She can come back and get her degree. Like all athletes, she only has so many years to play at the top level. Not sure why this is an issue.

She’s forfeiting her scholarship which was paying for the degree. This means her final year will be out of her pocket. She will probably need to work another job because the pay is so low. The degree could have helped with that. Leaving college early for a big contract makes sense. Leaving for 31,000 a year doesn’t (too me).

“The NWSL says that 4% of its players have a total compensation of less than $30,000, which is down from 73% in 2019. However, Burke and the NWSLPA estimate that number to be much higher, explaining that team salary caps are $682,500, which is to be divided by the average number of 24 players on a team. By NWSLPA estimates, a third of their player association members make the league's minimum salary and about 75% make $31,000 or less.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone mentioned that she go her degree a year early?

1. In what?
2. Where is the proof for the claim (just curious) Her bio sheet says undeclared

She’s a soccer stud. No question about it. But she’s from Texas. None of us know her. Playing three years at UVA doesn’t make her a Hometown hero.

She has the pedigree to do well in the NWSL providing she stays healthy and doesn’t get frustrated at that level.

Leaving behind college to make money is fine as long as you got the degree. So hopefully she did

No she has to play against that level and see if she can be productive. Lots of college stars do not bust a grape in the pros.

Well looks like she was scoreless in her last NCAA game…not too good for the ACC player of the year.

You clearly never played sports.

Clearly you are clueless to the difference between college soccer and the professional game. College soccer is so much less competitive vs the professional game.. Does not look good for the her pro career.

Since she failed to score in a college game, it looks bad for her pro career? What?

Oh yes. You see it all the time in other sports. Look at the NCAA basketball tournament and college football. Makes or breaks draft positions if a player disappears in the big games or against other quality players. In college you may play against a top player once or twice a year. You have to be productive in those games and the big games when the pressure is the highest. That is what shows the player has what it takes to play at a higher level where all the players were stars in college.

It’s like the travel soccer forward who scores a lot of goals against the bottom tables teams but disappears when playing the top teams. Makes you look harder at that player. Is it a lack of speed, athleticism, problems against big players, technical skills, etc. Did the player get beat physically, make mental mistakes or was it the surrounding teammates?