4) Weak financial counsel: What I mean by this is that most financial advisors, accountants and confidants I met and observed over the years don't have the fortitude to stand up to their clients in fear of losing them. If they ride their clients too hard about spending the athlete may just fire him or her. So they tend not to make the hard calls and put their foot down on spending patterns.You could see his throwing motion, timing and touch was there. His senior year I saw the whole package. He was a guy ready for the NFL who could do all things they'd like him to do plus run.

"There a lot of layers to this," Rodriguez said. "As far as the legal stuff, to me, it been confusing. A lot of people don understand the process.I don't have to be lectured about the economic impact of losing the Vikings and how some of the "little guys" may lose their jobs. The realities are that many of the same folk who work in the concession stands at the dome also work