Do you want
your child playing for that coach
It has come
to my attention, as more and younger children are being “offered” athletic
scholarships that the coaches and the parents need to look a lot closer into what
is actually going on. Are you being told something just so you have something
to justify your dream not your kid’s future?
The phrase
that college coaches tell parents is that they have to recruit younger and
younger. If they don’t, then there are 5 other coaches who will do it. “I don’t
know if the kid will develop, but we have to do it. By the time they get to
their senior year they might not have the grades to get into our school. I’m
offering scholarships to kids that haven’t even played a minute of high school
varsity sports. I filled up my 2015 class 3 years ago.”
Let’s look
at this more closely. Although the data is not in great enough numbers to give
us precise and truly accurate results, there are a growing number of coaches who
are saying this type of recruiting is not working. What is working is that
coaches have to go to fewer events because youth sports has funneled the early
developed kids to showcases. The college
coaches now have an easier time, less time spent, cheaper way to recruit,
and a set statement to tell parents as
to why their child will not play for their college.
Do you
really want your child to play for a coach who says this? Is this the model of
behavior that you choose for your child for the next four years of their lives?
Do you want them around a coach who is being pressured to do something you
would n to want your child to a part of? Wait, unless you are climbing on the
status wagon with the coach.
A college
coach cannot fill up this year’s recruiting class three years before. It’s
against the rules. A verbal commitment means nothing except to the parent and
their friends. The NCAA says a child can’t get an athletic scholarship offer
until after their junior year in high school and the get a # from the NCAA
clearing house and eligibility center.
You want to
know why youth and high school sports are out of control. Look in the mirror?
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