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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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.[/quote]

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.”

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She is choosing to live her dream. You can’t put a price in that. It is unfortunate that NWSL salaries are so low but she is only young enough once to play a sport professionally. If she truly loves soccer then this is a no brainer. She can be head hunter or real estate agent any time and be a dime a dozen later. [/quote]

She can try to go to Europe. They are actually paying women soccer players but she will be a few years behind. She has been screwing around at amateur part time soccer for a few year while the others were in a professional environment in Europe. [/quote]

She was getting her education paid for. Nothing amateur about it. Grow up with your anti-NCAA stance. Playing in Europe isn’t what you are selling it to be. [/quote]

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