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Old 10-21-2008, 05:06 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by TripletDaddy View Post
I dont need to. I've told them that truthfully, if they have a legit shot at collegiate or pro sports, then they need to be realistic about what serving a mission will do to those chances. truthfully, missions really hurt your pro chances, so if someone is really good, it would be a huge mistake to go on a mission, imo.

not surprisingly, I didnt have to spend much time convincing the priests of this point.
I agree that missions hurt chances at playing a professional sport, but they don't really hurt the chance to play on the college level.
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