Morris Claiborne-- wonderlic score...

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slh1089 said:
Ignorant on many levels.
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you are certainly entitled to your opinion. there are many professional athletes on many levels who have blown away millions. let me reference warren sapp, who just filed for bankruptcy. i guess i am ignorant because i am not being pc. actually, do tell how my comment makes me ignorant. please expound on the levels of it as well, captain high and mighty.
 
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NeylandArmy said:
you are certainly entitled to your opinion. there are many professional athletes on many levels who have blown away millions. let me reference warren sapp, who just filed for bankruptcy. i guess i am ignorant because i am not being pc. actually, do tell how my comment makes me ignorant. please expound on the levels of it as well, captain high and mighty.
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Many people who have made large amounts of money have filed for bankruptcy, not just pro athletes. I will go ahead and say there is absolutely no correlation to Wonderlic scores and financial security.
 
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Can't remember the article but a school did a study to see if the Wonderlic actually has any bearing on the ultimate success of a player. Study proved it definitely did not and also found, specifically to Claiborne's case, that DB's who scored worse did better than those DB's that actually scored better.

Sad, really.
 
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slh1089 said:
I will go ahead and say there is absolutely no correlation to Wonderlic scores and financial security.
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I am going to go ahead and just assume that you're wrong.

I think there is a very strong correlation between Wonderlic scores and intelligence and/or common sense.

I also believe there is a very strong correlation between intelligence and financial security.

I'll let you piece the rest together yourself. It will be like an ACT question.
 
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Thrasher865 said:
I am going to go ahead and just assume that you're wrong.

I think there is a very strong correlation between Wonderlic scores and intelligence and/or common sense.

I also believe there is a very strong correlation between intelligence and financial security.

I'll let you piece the rest together yourself. It will be like an ACT question.
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So a timed test with a lot of pressure for a person with a learning disability is going to determine his/her financial stability? No, there is no correlation there. Also, common sense and intelligence (standardized test Intelligence) are not the same.
 
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slh1089 said:
Many people who have made large amounts of money have filed for bankruptcy, not just pro athletes. I will go ahead and say there is absolutely no correlation to Wonderlic scores and financial security.
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there certainly seems to be a direct correlation between playing in the NFL and bankruptcy. I doubt it would be very hard to tie in the Wonderlic if given all the data
 
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utvolpj said:
there certainly seems to be a direct correlation between playing in the NFL and bankruptcy. I doubt it would be very hard to tie in the Wonderlic if given all the data
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Dan Marino? What was it a 12 or 13 that he scored? Obviously you are going to have plenty of examples of gross misuse of money when you have such a large/diverse group of wealthy individuals such as the NFL. However, it's reaching when you want to correlate that with a test that many have deemed useless.
 
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slh1089 said:
Dan Marino? What was it a 12 or 13 that he scored? Obviously you are going to have plenty of examples of gross misuse of money when you have such a large/diverse group of wealthy individuals such as the NFL. However, it's reaching when you want to correlate that with a test that many have deemed useless.
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plenty of examples? Yeah almost 80% of the players. Now take the bottom 80% of scores and see how many match up. Care to hazard a guess on how high that % goes?
 
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utvolpj said:
plenty of examples? Yeah almost 80% of the players. Now take the bottom 80% of scores and see how many match up. Care to hazard a guess on how high that % goes?
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When the number is that high I am going to go ahead and say there are a magnitude of other factors/indicators that are more important than the wonderlic test.
 
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slh1089 said:
When the number is that high I am going to go ahead and say there are a magnitude of other factors/indicators that are more important than the wonderlic test.
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that they aren't very smart to begin with? Wonderlic kinda hints at that so to say there is "absolutely no correlation" seems a bit misguided
 
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utvolpj said:
that they aren't very smart to begin with? Wonderlic kinda hints at that so to say there is "absolutely no correlation" seems a bit misguided
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I agree. I misspoke when I said "absolutely". One should never speak in absolutes lol.
 
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slh1089 said:
No way he took the test seriously. What if he intentionally bombed it as a statement against standardized tests and their legitimacy? He is really an intellectual mastermind.
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No doubt that was it... Morris says, "you don't know me." $$$$ :thumbsup:
 
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