Originally Posted by Anonymous
I can't help but wonder why parents are not more inclined to navigate the recruiting scene by suggesting to the interested coaches that their son enroll at that college and do a redshirt freshman year. Be upfront and say you will pay for year one, and judging from the tuition and boarding fee costs of the boarding prep schools where kids would PG it would also be cheaper. If parents thought about suggesting that to 3d and whomever else is urging this reclassify thing, I doubt they'd have an intelligent reply. The message that college coaches are sending is they want kids a year older and more developed. Instead of taking that as a mandate to run off and write a $60K check to Deerfield or Avon, why not suggest that junior enroll for a year, get some college credits and good academic standing and practice up?


Well you have to understand these clubs only care about their club, and their egos. Your alternative makes sense. However, if you want 3D to market your kid you better get on board with whatever you are ordered to do or they will loose interest in your kid, oh and make sure all your checks clear. Be prepared to have junior play down, or play with a different region or sit his butt on the bench while kids from other regions or a class older play in his spot.