Should Myron Rolle's commitment be questioned?

[tm3308]

Absolutely yes.

To become successful in football or nuerosurgery, one must dedicate all of their time to it. There is no such thing as "part-time Med School", nor can a football player take time off to crack open some cadavers.

Do you really think that it will be easy for him to pick up medicine on the fly after spending 5 years in the NFL? Medicine is a fast paced and evoloving field, and you cannot pop in and out of it at your liesure...just like football.

If he were deciding between to less demanding careers, I would say he could handle it. But not two incredibly intense and competitive fields like football and medicine.

He's not popping in and out of both professions, though. Just because neurosurgery is his final goal doesn't mean it's the most important. But going into medicine a few years down the road is much more feasible than trying to get back into football a few years later. He's not prioritizing one or the other. He's just setting it up so that he can accomplish both. They're of equal importance, but he can't do medicine first and then go into football.

 

[GhostofBTT]

He's not popping in and out of both professions, though. Just because neurosurgery is his final goal doesn't mean it's the most important. But going into medicine a few years down the road is much more feasible than trying to get back into football a few years later. He's not prioritizing one or the other. He's just setting it up so that he can accomplish both. They're of equal importance, but he can't do medicine first and then go into football.

First, I don't think you could possibly know what Myron Rolle's priorities are. The things you say are predicated on personal information you don't know, but are merely attributing to Rolle to help your argument.

Second, medicine is not the kind of profession that someone picks up a few years down the line. It is evolves incredibly fast, and it is extremely competitive. How many doctors have you heard of picking up medicine as a second career?

If anyone is capable of doing it, I am sure it is someone as exceptional as Rolle, but I don't think it is reasonable. I think he is being naive or disengenuois if he thinks he can accomplish a successful NFL and medical career.

 

[tm3308]

First, I don't think you could possibly know what Myron Rolle's priorities are. The things you say are predicated on personal information you don't know, but are merely attributing to Rolle to help your argument.

Second, medicine is not the kind of profession that someone picks up a few years down the line. It is evolves incredibly fast, and it is extremely competitive. How many doctors have you heard of picking up medicine as a second career?

If anyone is capable of doing it, I am sure it is someone as exceptional as Rolle, but I don't think it is reasonable. I think he is being naive or disengenuois if he thinks he can accomplish a successful NFL and medical career.

Okay, I'll add one word to my post. He's not NECESSARILY putting one above the other. And he can't keep studied up on his medical journals? That's the best way to learn new procedures and the like, and I'm sure if there's anyone who will use his free time to study up on that instead of living the "life" of an NFL player, it's Rolle.

 

[CAARHawk]

OMG! I can't believe you are falling for this! This is a ploy by an agent! Has any team actually come out and said they didn't draft him because he was a Rhodes Scholar? One team asked him how it felt to miss part of a game to go on an interview. That is totally understandable. If I had a similar experience with a prior employer, I would expect a potential future employer to ask my a similar question. The key is how you answer that question. These interviews are stress interviews on purpose! Ask Dez Bryant about the interviews.

Also, anybody who thinks he is going to be a neurosurgeon needs to comment on the list of players I gave earlier, particularly Robert Smith.

 

[tm3308]

OMG! I can't believe you are falling for this! This is a ploy by an agent! Has any team actually come out and said they didn't draft him because he was a Rhodes Scholar? One team asked him how it felt to miss part of a game to go on an interview. That is totally understandable. If I had a similar experience with a prior employer, I would expect a potential future employer to ask my a similar question. The key is how you answer that question. These interviews are stress interviews on purpose! Ask Dez Bryant about the interviews.

Also, anybody who thinks he is going to be a neurosurgeon needs to comment on the list of players I gave earlier, particularly Robert Smith.

I'm not saying they singled him out. They want to know about the commitment of any player. But Rolle's situation is certainly unique from the Matt Leinart-esque lack of focus. It's not a lack of focus because of laziness. Rolle certainly seems to be a very driven kid, one who won't compromise on either of his goals. And I don't think his situation should be handled the same way that lazy players' are.

 

[MIhawk]

Second, medicine is not the kind of profession that someone picks up a few years down the line. It is evolves incredibly fast, and it is extremely competitive. How many doctors have you heard of picking up medicine as a second career?

Actually Ghost, it's not that uncommon....

UI COM, class of '97 here.

we had at least 20 people in the class of around 170 who had pursued a career other than medicine
we had a former banker, insurance agent, lawyer (how he got in I don't know) and others

I think it's true that med school admissions people used to look askance at people who interrupted their education with a career, but more recently they look at is as another form of diversity. Very doable.