Athletic Scholarship Advice for HS & JuCo Athletes
One of the top questions I hear is: “Are expensive recruiting services worth the money?” In my experience, working for 20+ years in NCAA recruiting at UF, UM, UNC, Elon (plus covering Alabama & FSU for Rivals.com) — the answer is NO! Here are ten reasons why spending money on expensive recruiting services is a waste: 1 – You can …
USATODAY: NCAA begins process of making NIL rules changes on its own While the NCAA continues to press for Congressional legislation concerning some standardization of college athletes’ activities making money from their names, images and likenesses (NIL), one of its top policy-making groups on Tuesday voted to begin advancing association rules changes that have the same goals. The NCAA said …
#1 – LET YOUR RECRUITING COACH KNOW THAT YOU ARE COMING AND WOULD LIKE AN EVALUATION: Call the camp office (the phone number should be on the brochure) a couple days before you go and tell the person who answers the telephone your name, position and high school. Ask which coach recruits your area or position. Write down their name …
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BEFORE YOU MAKE THE TEAM #1 – ASK HOW THE PROCESS WORKS: Walk-ons generally join the team in two ways, either as a preferred walk-on or through a tryout. A preferred walk-on doesn’t have to tryout—they are borderline offers, favors for influential people or players from successful prep programs. Players that must tryout (MUST already be enrolled in classes …