but I'd really counsel Frank to serve a mission. That's clearly important to him or he wouldn't have said before he was going. Looking 10 years out, the choices seem to be:

1. Serve a mission, have that formative experience, know inside yourself you did what the prophet asks all young men to do, no need for rationalization. Have a great college career and maybe go to the NBA. Possibly still in NBA at that point. Risk of this is losing money, maybe lots of money. The upside is a life of not having to rationalize to yourself why you didn't go.

2. Don't serve a mission, have a short college career and, it appears (not a sure thing), higher likelihood of going to NBA. Possibly make lots of money. LOTS of money. But no mission experience.

Let's just quickly say that there's no such thing as a "Steve Young" mission. It's not the same. It's a rationalization. Not judging Steve or his choices, or Jimmer, etc. But it's not what the prophet asked (like when King Saul came back with animals he was supposed to kill, thinking it was just as good to not listen to the prophet and sacrifice the animals. The prophet responded: "to obey is better than sacrifice."

Where I am in life, I'd clearly take the mission. The millions are just money. Driving a Ferrari is fun, as is skiing, travel, etc., but they're short-lived experiences. They don't bring the inner peace and confident that doing what you think is right does. And what will you do with that money? If the answer is "serve the Lord," and part of that is "take care of my family," it seems you can do that, if with less money, in another way. The Lord may not give you millions but you'll make it somehow if you trust him. Seriously, just trust the Lord, do the mission and avoid a lifetime of having to re-explain to yourself why what you chose was really okay.