What is a recruit worth

[cancontent]

Interesting thoughts in this thread. Another question I would have, is what is a recruit worth with respect to the costs the family puts into their HS/AAU career. Brings a video to mind of a committee meeting (think that's the term) being held in the US about youth sports and how corporations now own a large share of these leagues kids play in.

Had thought it was only football and basketball in the US, but it also encompasses hockey and other sports. Is it worth going into debt to chase that scholarship? Are families unaware of the NIL landscape and willing to mortgage their personal future on their child?

 

[visitingcock]

Just an example is UGA’s revenue sharing plan. Tennessee is reportedly following the same plan. Runouts are that most of the P2s are very close if not exact, Unsubstantiated interweb accounts say SCar’s plan is similar but ungraded wbb to 6,% rather than 5%.

https://www.2adays.com/blog/georgia-to-pay-athletes-breakdown-of-ugas-20-5m-revenue-sharing-plan-under-house-v-ncaa-settlement/

Again, this only covers direct pay from revenue sharing paid by the schools / not third party pay

 

[Steelerone]

LIKE THEY SAY, YOU PAY YOUR MONEY, YOU TAKE YOUR CHANCES. MLB PAYS AN OUTFIELDER MILLIONS PER YEAR TO BAT 200 AND MORE MILLIONS TO A PITCHER WHO WINS FOUR GAMES AND LOSES TWELVE. WE HAVE SOME YOUNG LADIES WHO WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT BENCH TIME FOR THEIR ENTIRE CAREER BECAUSE SOMEONE THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO BE THE NEXT HUGE STAR.

 

[Dogdude]

Interesting thoughts in this thread. Another question I would have, is what is a recruit worth with respect to the costs the family puts into their HS/AAU career. Brings a video to mind of a committee meeting (think that's the term) being held in the US about youth sports and how corporations now own a large share of these leagues kids play in.

Had thought it was only football and basketball in the US, but it also encompasses hockey and other sports. Is it worth going into debt to chase that scholarship? Are families unaware of the NIL landscape and willing to mortgage their personal future on their child?

So this is a great take on the subject. Most of the sports don't even offer scholarships. A friend of ours had a son a couple of years ago who was the National High School Player of the Year, or some such designation, went to UConn, and got exactly 0 dollars. The few scholarships they had went to superstar foreign players (so the dad says). My own son was a national champion mountain biker, went out west to a cycling-centric school and got...a couple of tires. The only advantage to being good at a small, niche sport is that you don't start thinking the world revolves around you. One of our daughters made track nationals in high school on a relay, by the skin of her teeth, and while going to a D1, knew that running track was just for fun. In fact, the whole team was there for the academics, and track was just a thing to do. They all joked that they had peaked in high school. For them, the joke was funny, for all those who spend their childhood chasing something that won't happen, it's kind of tragic.

The time that these kids devote to a single sport is nonsensical. A serious kid can't even play multiple sports anymore. My biggest beef with the organized sports world time suck was that for the millions of kid who don't make it, what sort of activities or interests did they miss out on that might have really been life-changing. Dis they miss a chance to learn about photography, or maybe climb Mt. Washington, because they had to play in their 10,469 soccer game that year? Who are we missing that could have been a really important figure in a totally different field?

 

[visitingcock]

I liked your post but I would seriously question your friend’ assertions about his son.

 

[cancontent]

So this is a great take on the subject. Most of the sports don't even offer scholarships. A friend of ours had a son a couple of years ago who was the National High School Player of the Year, or some such designation, went to UConn, and got exactly 0 dollars. The few scholarships they had went to superstar foreign players (so the dad says). My own son was a national champion mountain biker, went out west to a cycling-centric school and got...a couple of tires. The only advantage to being good at a small, niche sport is that you don't start thinking the world revolves around you. One of our daughters made track nationals in high school on a relay, by the skin of her teeth, and while going to a D1, knew that running track was just for fun. In fact, the whole team was there for the academics, and track was just a thing to do. They all joked that they had peaked in high school. For them, the joke was funny, for all those who spend their childhood chasing something that won't happen, it's kind of tragic.

The time that these kids devote to a single sport is nonsensical. A serious kid can't even play multiple sports anymore. My biggest beef with the organized sports world time suck was that for the millions of kid who don't make it, what sort of activities or interests did they miss out on that might have really been life-changing. Dis they miss a chance to learn about photography, or maybe climb Mt. Washington, because they had to play in their 10,469 soccer game that year? Who are we missing that could have been a really important figure in a totally different field?

The video I saw noted this as a well. A lot of parents think their child will earn a scholarship but only 2% of university students get one.

I've been talking about the costs for prep ball in Canada with anyone who will listen because a lot of people don't believe it's that expensive. One of our national networks did a report on it noting it was costing parents anywhere between $40k to $100k when all is said and done. Hockey used to be the sport that was unaffordable. That's no longer the case and it's getting worse as more sports go in this direction.

 

[Dogdude]

I liked your post but I would seriously question your friend’ assertions about his son.

The kid was indeed the National player of the year, and did indeed get nothing. As to who got the scholarships (I think this team as allocated 3 or 4) I can only go by what he said. I have a pretty active business and friendship relationship with the guy, so can sort of take it at face value. The son certainly was the star of the local press at that time.

 

[visitingcock]

The kid was indeed the National player of the year, and did indeed get nothing. As to who got the scholarships (I think this team as allocated 3 or 4) I can only go by what he said. I have a pretty active business and friendship relationship with the guy, so can sort of take it at face value. The son certainly was the star of the local press at that time.

I misread your post thinking you were talking about men’s basketball. You did not say what sport. Could have been soccer for all I know - which would make sense.

 

[Dogdude]

I misread your post thinking you were talking about men’s basketball. You did not say what sport. Could have been soccer for all I know - which would make sense.

Yeah, no problem on my end...you guessed the sport correctly in your last sentence! I was trying to be purposefully vague to avoid someone figuring something out, which is probably totally unnecessary here. Anyway, all good as always.