how he can do both.

You have amateur status in any sport you start in college until your 4 years of playing time is up. You can be drafted in that sport and go pro, and yet still remain eligible to play any other sport in college if you wish. You cannot sign a contract with an agent and can’t be on scholarship (to my knowledge), but you can play as many other sports as you wish. He can play volleyball or soccer too; doesnt matter. His dad is his agent.

In this way Kyle would give up his right to play College baseball upon inking any MLB deal, yet can still play football and not break the rules. He’s regarded as an amateur in football.

I doubt Parker stays longer than 2010, unless he has a truly remarkable season.

On what happens if you don’t sign at all.

Rockies lose their rights on August 16th if there is no signing, however Parker cannot sign with someone else and becomes draftable again for MLB in 2011. He cannot be drafted by the Rockies again if that happened unless Parker asks for them to.

Basically its done for the Rockies if they dont sign him by the 16th, but I doubt this happens.

This division race just got tighter.

One more year of Kyle, then Tajh takes over. So long as Boyd doesn’t bolt, he should have the starter job by default next season.

This was a real surprise to me. I thought Kyle was gone for sure. Now I’m dreading the Auburn-Miami early season gauntlet a lot less.

What demands did he have? Was it a money issue? Why would he risk hurting himself playing college football for no money when he could have a big fat baseball contract? This has got to be the ….. I’ve never in my life heard of ….. I don’t know a nice way to put it, so I’ll just not say anything at all. This is one of those times I have so many words and phrases floating around in my head that I am just so ashamed of. That … little child … who knows nothing of life or the world or anything, should be ashamed of himself too.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38338083/ns/local_news-greenville_sc/

I wonder to what degree he will spell out his future plans.

One of the main reasons the Rockies drafted Kyle Parker with the 26th pick in the first round was because of his character.

Obviously I wasn’t there at the negotiations. But to cite “character” as his chief aim of why he’s returning is fictional. Most likely, he asked too much money to become a full-time baseball guy, the Rockies balked, and Parker took his Clemson base.

"Someone once said there is something in those hills at Clemson," Swinney said. “At the end of the day, whatever is in those hills was too much for Kyle Parker to turn down,” he said.Swinney got the word Tuesday night, according to the e-mail. "When I talked with him late last night, he was excited to get back and get started,"

"We are very excited to have Kyle back," Swinney’s statement continued. “Whenever you have a returning starter at quarterback who led you to the Atlantic Division title, that is a real plus for your team. He is dynamic athlete who brings a lot of positives to our offense,” he said.

"My immediate reaction is this is not over," Law said. "If I were his adviser, this is exactly what I would do. This would be my exact same playbook. If everyone believes you’re going to play football, you’ll get more money from the Rockies. If this is just a tactic, it’s a really, really good one."

It’s a good tactic but I don’t think it works