It really is getting out of control.
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/c...2/13/mitch-albom-college-recruiting/80352718/
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/c...2/13/mitch-albom-college-recruiting/80352718/
Mitch Albom piece on the growing absurdity of the recruiting game...
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Every sports story, college or pro, in regards to over the top and excess, I wonder where the tipping point is? Because it is coming.
I'd go in the other direction. Make recruiting off limits until October of senior year. Make the recruiting season short, but put it back to where it used to be -- in the few months before signing day. Early signing means kids are making decisions too soon. Let them mature as much as possible before they make their decision.
If it was written by Mitch Album most of the facts are probably made up.
Just remember, ESPN and the like are only putting this content on because there is an audience watching it.
And it's not the teenagers being featured.
And it's not the teenagers being featured.
It's really bad. I did find this quite interesting:
As the athletic director of Tennessee told the SportsBusiness Journal a few years ago, when defending his recruiting costs against a $200-million athletic department debt, “We’ve got to get football healthy. ... That’s our economic engine.”
If they are really that deep in hock.....they have little to show for it. Their stadium holds 110,000, and is usually jam-packed. Maybe they can sell the athletic dept. to the Saudis.
sounds like you have a history with Mitch...am I missing something? Unless his Dumboian ears are portraying some type of Pinocchio parallel , I always thought he was a straight shooter...Hell, he spent all those Tuesdays with Morrie so what has he done in the past to make you think he makes things up?
That is a very noble thought on your part. However....I am sure you would agree that the players involved ( schools, ESPN ) really dont give a rats ass about the kids.....
Every time this discussion comes up I throw in my 2 cents. ESPN (which controls so much of this and doesnt care about the kids) Should develop a National Signing Day for football and hoops.....
Same day....all day.....
Because both sports are represented, you would have fans of almost every school tuning in ; PSU hoops? who cares...PSU football? absolutely. Same goes the other way with say....Indiana or Syracuse.
Imagine the eyeballs watching off and on all day.....imagine the advertising dollars being spent? Not to mention....ESPN is starved for content to fill their broadcasting schedules.
I don't have an answer but it does seem that kids are trying to top each other on how they do announce and to me I blame the coaches and parents. I'm not sure if an early signing period is the answer I'm sure Jim Harbaugh would be the first one to contest it.
This would make it basically impossible to monitor. Sounds good but but not practical. An early signing period would cut down on the shenanigans after the player signs….IMHO
The whole point of a letter of intent is to "early sign" a kid. The process is tipped in the favor of the coach and the school. A kid having fun with it or making a big deal out of it is a luxury that few are afforded. It's a chance to have the spotlight for possibly the first and only time in your life.
I agree with this. An early signing would be worse! Then you have all these coaches quiting, being fired and all the rest and a kid left with a binding letter.
I think athletic scholarships should abide by the same standards to get into a school as the general population. This would destroy schools like Michigan, Pitt, and many many others, but who cares. It IS about school. Pitt makes far more money in endowments than a football game brings in. I remember when Chevron gave us an 8 million dollar project my junior year and thinking how many tickets sold to a game would have to make up for that (profit). And that was one of many projects just in the chemistry building, not alone all the other schools.
The only reason kids get away with this stuff is because we let them and we listen to them. I think all the fan noise in the world isnt going to compete with a player wanting to play for a specific coach, or a booster funneling money to a parent, or any of those illegal things. Maybe this is a good question to a George Hill type player, someone that is a 4 star that can go anywhere and chose the Panthers. Did twitter fan messages matter? Did fans at the stadium matter? What do they look at?
Hamlin is easier to figure out, he is Pittsburgh proud.
Lehigh and Lafayette bring in kids to play football that wouldn't otherwise get admitted. So do Ivy League schools. I would go tell you to watch the Ivy, but what you want doesn't exist.
I don't know if we should feel ashamed or proud since Pitt was indirectly referenced in the article.... Coach PN driving a big rig and keeping up with the big boys!
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I say let the kids lap it up. In many of their cases unless they have a HS coach or parent that is a godsend then they have no one looking out for them.
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