Advice for Asante: Play or you'll pay

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Asante Samuel deserves some empathy.

He was a fourth-round draft pick of the New England Patriots in 2003 because he went to the University of Central Florida.

If he had gone to the University of Miami or Florida, where he wanted to go, he would have been a first- or second-round guy, which means he would have been a millionaire soon after the draft.

As a fourth-rounder, well, he got what the Patriots wanted to give him, which turned out to be about $2 million over four years (including incentives). Knowing young people as I do, my guess is that most of that money is gone, probably long gone.
Bill Burt: Daily News of Newburyport