Stone retires (the 20 year old)

Thanks for that, Jim-- but what's our registration info for the DMN's website? Username and password?

 

FC Dallas press release. Who wrote that?

 

good question - i read it yesterday and it seemed pretty subpar and thrown together.... this line stood out in particular.

"He made an impression on several people within the organization and within the locker room."

Several people? like 4?

 

An intern, I'd guess.

 

An unpaid intern.

 

If he made an impression on several people in the locker room, he may have a career in porn after college.

 

Maybe he's a talented mimic and he does impressions of several people within the organization and within the locker room.

 

You're fired from that porno we were co-producing.

 

I thought it was Rob Stone and I literally yelled for joy.

 

Rob just turned 21. They had a big kegger at the frat to celebrate it.

 

How does one attend two years of corresponding classes :headspins:

 

That's the ESPN guy right, i feel ya brother. I was about to say finally jack edwards back or JP forever.

 

Maybe he's truly a man of letters.

 

An unpaid intern with Babelfish.

 

that is the poorest press release I've ever read.

 

"This was a decision led by the Lord and is something that I really feel is the next step for me in my life."


It was the Lord's fault, I knew it...

 

Retiring to go back to school at age 20? Jordan Stone; the new american poster boy for soccer burnout.

 

He's actually a great response to anybody who claims that MLS players (read: Freddy Adu) are entering the league too young, and won't have any prospects if they don't become superstars.


Obviously, I wish the guy the best of luck at school.

 

You should definitely quit if you're not a superstar in the league by your third year. Have fun in class Jordan!

 

Things change for a person between 18-20 and it's clear that Jordan no longer had the same passion to play the game. The P-40 program is doing for him what it's supposed to do, provide another option by protecting his opportunity to attend college for free. He can now live at home, complete a college degree, eventually get a job in a field of his choice and Nike will play for it. Good luck Jordan.

 

He's a fool.

 

I think hes a dumbass, you can always go to college (especially if you make a load of money playing soccer), but you cant play professional soccer forever.

 

But what if he couldn't cut the mustard-- and had the foresight and the wisdom to know that for himself?

That's what the P-40 program is there for, as something to fall back on.

He goes back to school, gets his degree in a few years, and he can get on with his life. Another thing is that the job market isn't going to wait for him beyond the age or 23, 24 or 25, so under the circumstances, it is sounding more and more that he's made the right decision.

Or specifically, the decision that's right for him. More power to him, I say, for knowing what the life lessons are in this case.

 

I agree that he's pissing away an opportunity that many would trade a great deal for. The job market won't wait for him beyond 25? What a load of fecal matter. The great majority of people (according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics) will change career tracks at least three times. There has to be more tothis than he is letting on.

That line about the Lord calling him away may shed some light on the subject. Whattaya wana bet he ends up in "televangelism"?