Kyler Murray Wants A Huge Amount of Money From The Oakland A's To Stay Away From The NFL

Kyler Murray Wants A Huge Amount of Money From The Oakland A’s To Stay Away From The NFL

January 13, 2019, 5:51pm EST (Updated: January 9, 2023, 6:05pm)By Darrelle Lincoln

In a last ditch effort to change the mind of Kyler Murray from going to the NFL — Oakland Athletics president Billy Beane and others held a meeting with the Oklahoma Sooners QB in hopes changing his mind of entering his name in the NFL Draft and play for them instead.

The meeting was much needed since they did draft in 9th overall in the 2018 MLB draft and gave him a $4.66 million bonus, mainly because they thought he would choose baseball over football.

The Oakland #Athletics have a contingent, led by president Billy Beane, meeting today with Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray in hopes of persuading him to forego the #NFL and play baseball for them. They drafted him 9th overall last summer and gave him a $4.66 million bonus.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) January 13, 2019

That meeting went down and Murray laid out one simple demand to make him change his mind. A cool and crisp $15M contract.

According to a source close to the situation, Kyler Murray’s number is $15M.

He wants big time money to stick with baseball, otherwise he will enter the NFL draft tomorrow.

The A’s are doing everything they can, sending their top brass, led by Billy Beane, to meet with him.
— Mike Leslie (@MikeLeslieWFAA) January 13, 2019

The deadline to enter the NFL draft is Monday.