What should I do? - 2 year contract offer to play soccer abroad
Hello,
I'm 18, and I have got a tough decision to make. I got a 2 year contract offer to play for a soccer club abroad, and as of now I also play for my country. Also, I got into UC Berkley and I want to be an I banker.
What are your opinions on what I should do?
The soccer contract will pay me 200,000 dollars a year for two years, free housing, club car, and all utility and travel expenses paid.If I do well, after two years, they will give me a new contract and I can see a double increase in salary. But if for whatever reason, they don't need me after two years or I get a bad injury, I am quite f*cked.
If I go to Berkley, I am confident I can bust my ass and comfortably make it into the industry, thereby giving me a really safe, very low risk path.
Lets say I take the contract, and after two years I'm done. Would I be able to come back, and pursue a career as an I banker? As in, will any university take me in after they know I haven't done any studying or whatever in two years?
I just wanted some insight from an I Bankers perspective.
Any response would be appreciated.
Regards
"I am confident I can bust my ass and comfortably make it into the industry, thereby giving me a really safe, very low risk path."
At such a big league school like "Berkley"? Your chances aren't that good. Take the soccer kid, it's more fun. Then go to school and remember the good ole' days while your at it.
Ok... let's just hypothetically assume I am assured to get a job at a bulge bracket if I take the Berkeley path, but 50/50 chance with the soccer path. What would you do?
I mean, It seems like the pay and benefits are good for those two years, but I have seen people that haven't made it after two years.... They live in a one bed room apartment in Bratislava, and teach little 7 year old shits how to kick a soccer ball and make 16k a year for the rest of their lives. Atleast the majority of them.
dude. go play soccer.
jesus. ask for a defermment to Berkley. You've got great cause...and you can always apply elsewhere with your credentials that obviiously got you into berkely in the first place
If you have the skill for it, defintely go play soccer. You'll enjoy it a hell of a lot more than ibanking or any other 9-5 job, that's for sure. And like bryan1 said, you should def be able to ask for a deferment from Berkley. If not, you can just apply again...most schools would be pretty impressed that you've been playing pro (or at least semi-pro from that salary) soccer. Regardless, one path is going to lead to a hell of 100 hour weeks and the other to something I imagine you actually love to do...it should be no contest.
defer berkley and go play for 2 years and see what happens - banking can wait and even after 2 years you dont get a new contract to pay, you'll be only 20years old and will have awesome stories to tell during interviews, picking up girls, etc.
I played varsity soccer in high school, but wasn't good enough to take it to the next level. You are. Go with it. If you take a couple years off, it won't be a problem explaining what you were doing to prospective schools - people take gap years all the time, and this experience is definitely once in a lifetime and colleges will eat it up.
For my own info, what club are we talking about? Guessing it's not an Arsenal/Manutd/RealMadrid?
Is writing "Berkley" a running joke in this thread, or do people just not know how to spell anymore?
pitchbitch,
nah its not with real madrid or anything like that. Its with a club in Japan. They are actually going to play Manchester United and Barcelona this summer, and the crazy thing is that those teams will be staying on the same floor as the hotel where I'll be living/staying.
But yeah, in general it will be a hard two years to establish myself. that's why I'm thinking about the worst case scenario to see if I still want to do it.
Worst case scenario you get kicked out of japan, you go back and do your degree. 2 years is nothing you'd graduate by 24 and have something on your cv no one else will have.
are you fucking kidding me....berkeley or paid 200k to play soccer...no fucking brainer kid. if you don't do the soccer do the soccer all i can say is wow. you can always go back to college...you can't alway take a shot at being paid to play a sport.
Mate, if you really are a member of your national team squad, you should by all means continue your sports career and take this opportunity.
Soccer will be an unbelievable experience and you never know what might happen, you might get lucky and make it big time.
Also, I'm sure that experience is something that will definately set you apart from other people.
i cant understand how if sternfox is who he says he is and actually works for a BB, how he has all this time to come onto these message boards with his bs and nonsense. someone needs to grow the fuck up. cant the moderators block his account or something? sternfox adds nothing to these boards.
Take the soccer gig, 90% of guys would sacrifice a lot more to play pro-sports.
Sternfox, About one hour ago your profile said you were 21. Now, unless it's your birthday today, change your age back to 21 from 22. We all know you're not a banker.
Was there a possibility of scholarships ot berkley or any other D1 school? School will always be there this opportunity may not. More importantly, if you do play call it semi-pro sport it sets you up nicely for something interesting to talk about and relate to.
i dont think you can help me. nor do i understand how YOU can decide how 15% of the people on the boards will become bankers. who are you to say that? and why is it your problem to bash the other 85% who YOU feel dont deserve it? im done. peace.
I wouldn't be able to play for Berkeley since I've aldready broken some extremely stupid NCAA rules
I have an agent, which college athletes aren't allowed to have
I've also played in a professional game for my country and got paid for that.
So due to all that, I cant play college ball.
That was one of my concerns. If I come back in two years, I don't know if college's would give a rats ass about my soccer experience since I wouldn't be able to play for them.
Well, colleges should still appreciate the fact that you played professionally. I mean the teamwork and leadership qualities you get from this experience is priceless. Also, if you can handle the stress of playing and performing in front of thousands of people week in and week out, companies will know you are ready to handle the pressure of Ibanking.
Sternfox said the following,
http://www.ibankingoasis.com/node/6182 "Most peeps with a 3.5 gpa or higher at Stern last year got an I-banking offer... Some didn't even accept it..." "I've personally known people get rejected from BB's because they don't have an accounting major."
http://www.ibankingoasis.com/node/6342 "I personally know many 3.7 GPA Stern/NYU/Wharton kids that didn't get a BB banking job."
Immature little kiddos, sigh. :p
jackdole: you got him, man! haha. hes probably a freshman himself. better yet, hes probably a graduating high school senior.
sternfox has been obliterated all over this board
"What this results is an unrealistic fantasy, where kids like you and others become totally misguided and follow a career path that you'll be miserable in."
i beg your pardon, but im not misguided. im aware that there is some misinformation on this board, and thats why i know when to take things with a grain of salt, and when not to. i know when information is legit and when its not. whats your point? how do you fit into all this? oh, i guess as an experienced banker, you can come to the rescue and save this board from all the misinformation. that must be it. thanks. i dont know what id do without you.
While all the other mothers are happily celebrating mothers day, Sternfox's mom must be locking herself in her room pissed of at the world that she gave birth to one fucking dumbass.
hahahahahaha
Assuming the OP isn't fooling us all, let me offer my 2cents taking it seriously.
I'd say it should be an instant decision to play soccer. I mean, why aren't you interested in going professional soccer? You are 18, and playing at national level, surely you can achieve higher? No? You get to experience Japan (and their girls!) and you get shit load of $$$ as a kid.
I'd definitely say soccer will give you better career change.
wow this is ridiculous. Go play and have the time of your life.
Caliboy: The fact that you would even consider going to school in order to get into banking, rather than play soccer and create a strong experience tells me enough about you. It tells me that you'll be toolish enough to fit right in when you do end up in banking, which is a damn shame.
And to the people attacking SternFox: Why bother? Its been pretty obvious for quite sometime that he is a student, most likely a sophomore. And a mediocre one at that.
nice caliboy, i'm gonna be watching the barca and manutd's preseason games... good luck
That's if you aren't stuck in the office getting raped with sh*tloads of work. But hey, atleast the kids playing in Japan, and u'll be up anyway during their time zone , to watch the game.
The point Caliboy, is that is that while we are all going through shit, u'll be kickin soccer balls, and prolong this work for a while and make a shitload of money while you're at it! Hell, if ur lucky, you will get that contract after 2 years, and by the time you retire, you'll have enough money to the point where u dont have to sell ur soul and become a banker.
good luck with whatever u choose.
Soccer, no brainer. If you can save even just 1/3rd of your $200k salary per year, and get a decent RoR on it, you could easily have enough money to completely pay your way through college after those two years. Then, go back and reapply to colleges with your experience, pay your way (or if you're lucky have your parents and keep saving that $150,000+), and go the I-banking route.
I guarantee you that if you can get into a target school now, you'll be able to 2 years from now with the kind of experience you'll get playing in Japan. Heck, you might even pick up some of the language, which would be a HUGE plus as a skill going into a BB interview if you are willing to move to the Pacific to do IBD.
There's no downside to playing soccer, unless you get homesick easily.
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