There is no doubt that a Stanford degree will mean more the real question is if he wants to come back and live in Nebraska. Being an ex-NU football players carries a lot of weight in Omaha and Lincoln, when it comes to getting some very very nice, very very cushy, very very high salaried positions with ease.
There is a lot of money in this state, old money, that LOVE to have some ex-players on staff so that they can hear some stories, entertain, make some sales, play some golf with clients and all that jazz.
true, but he'll meet the exact same people @ Stanford (with a $17 billion endowment compared to $1 billion at NU). And that high salary in Nebraska might be what...125,000 a year? In Cali that will be 225k. I'd say if he's going to Stanford, he's planning on ended up there. Kids that go away to college rarely come back (in my experience). Usually if you're worth a crap in college, you'll have plenty of local jobs waiting for you. Even more so with the "networking" a football player can do, and the internships and other opportunities that are opened up to them.
It's certainly a very logical question that he needs to answer and you have a good point.
If he has any intention of coming back to the midwest, going to NU is certainly the best option. He'll have tons of connections when he graduates. That's far more important that Stanford appearing at the top of his diploma. That's the same for most kids in college. But if he leaves, he likely needs to be committed to calling Cali home, because odds are that's where he'll end up for quite a while after college.
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