What was the going rate for a can’t-miss high school prospect out of Kentucky in the early 80s? According to Rex Chapman, $500,000.
In a guest appearance on The Dan Patrick Show this week, the former Kentucky star said he received an offer worth half a million dollars out of high school, a sum of money to be collected after leaving school.
Had he accepted the offer, of course.
“I would say just a flat $500,000 in escrow that I’d get when I get out,” Chapman told Patrick on Tuesday. “Think about that. That’s insane.