You are forgetting another important reason....Rankings. This fall the best boys will be ranked by IL. They all want to be on that list. Going to a competitive showcase, instead of hiding after you commit, will help establish the pecking order. [/quote]
Buy Ty Xanders a burrito and a sundae and he will put your kid on the IL rankings. Mother of God, going to a showcase to improve where you land in the IL rankings racket? That is like keeping Bernie Madoff's number for when he gets out of jail to get back in touch a second time. If your kid is an early commit, well done. Do a few tournaments and call it a Summer in early July and go vacation. Go do something else, the kid earned it and is not going to be lesser the player for not being burned out to a crisp come college. Back in the day D1 college recruits played a little Summer ball and painted houses. Fall Ball was pick-up on a couple Sundays before the weather went bad, if that. They all played 3 HS sports.
