Comments on: Jericho Scott Is A Free Agent http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2008/08/27/jericho-scott-is-a-free-agent/ A blog for sports agents: Discussing sports business news, Sports Law, and other interesting sports related material Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:47:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Roman http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2008/08/27/jericho-scott-is-a-free-agent/comment-page-1/#comment-91464 Roman Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:57:13 +0000 http://www.sportsagentblog.com/?p=2084#comment-91464 I agree with Jerry Maguire's statement : " There is genius everywhere, but until they turn Pro it's like popocorn in a pan. Some pop and some don't" . I mean, how old is this kid? The process behind the growth of an athlete is much more complicated than just taking care of his talent. When I was a kid there were so many brilliant players, who never made it to the pro. People used to say "He will be a champion" "He willl become a great player". May be they were just a little taller, stronger or smarter than the others at that point. But years went by and when other players grew up that talent seemed vanished. What I'm trying to say is that yes, I believe in child prodigy (Tiger Woods at age three, shot a 48 over nine holes at the Navy Golf Club in Cypress, California and at the age eight he used to win over older guys), but I also think that recruiting a kid so young in an "ordinary way" would be a bad thing, for him. Let him play baseball. Let's put him in another League , may be with older guys. Let his talent grow and see what happens. He doens't need prospective of glory and money right know. He just need his passion for the game. Go to his parents and talk to them. Give them advice and follow the growth of young Jericho without interfering with natural process. Then the right time to talk about a contract will come. I agree with Jerry Maguire’s statement : ” There is genius everywhere, but until they turn Pro it’s like popocorn in a pan. Some pop and some don’t” . I mean, how old is this kid? The process behind the growth of an athlete is much more complicated than just taking care of his talent. When I was a kid there were so many brilliant players, who never made it to the pro. People used to say “He will be a champion” “He willl become a great player”. May be they were just a little taller, stronger or smarter than the others at that point. But years went by and when other players grew up that talent seemed vanished. What I’m trying to say is that yes, I believe in child prodigy (Tiger Woods at age three, shot a 48 over nine holes at the Navy Golf Club in Cypress, California and at the age eight he used to win over older guys), but I also think that recruiting a kid so young in an “ordinary way” would be a bad thing, for him.

Let him play baseball. Let’s put him in another League , may be with older guys. Let his talent grow and see what happens. He doens’t need prospective of glory and money right know. He just need his passion for the game. Go to his parents and talk to them. Give them advice and follow the growth of young Jericho without interfering with natural process. Then the right time to talk about a contract will come.

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