I think it was a really good point to let people know that the college coaches are allowed and still will look at the 8th to 10th graders. And they will still be reaching out to the club coach and high school coach to see what schools and what the kids grades are like. So with the old rule you could tell the club owner to hit the bricks the second you got on 10 or so D1 coaches radar. Now with the new rule you will be under the club owners thumb all the way up tell Sept. 1st of your sons Jr. year. You will have to take his word that X amount of coaches have called and asked about your son. You will have to guess if he is telling the truth when he said Maryland really like your Johnny and they want him bad. This new rule will also force you to pay for and attend way more school run prospect days. And how will you know which prospect days your son should attend? You might be told by a coach or club owner your kid is D1 material but on Sept 1 you will be getting no phone calls and you just spent the last three years sending your son to 3 or 4 D1 prospect days a year. You have not even looked at a D2 or D3 school. This rule is not good for the kids its good for the D1 college coaches and the money they will be pulling in from the camps and Prospect days. Please check back on here when you emails are being filled with 71 different schools camp or prospect day emails. And please fill me in on how you know which one to send your kid too?
What a doomsday scenario?? Why are they asking the club coaches so much about grades and what kind of kid he is??? The High School coach will be the go to guy?? High school coaches will be a better person to know as they will have 1 to 2 years with the player and his school.
I see Club Coaches losing influence not gaining. As it was, you better be on a good club team with influence to get recognized in 8th and 9th grade. What a joke the club youth system is now. Constant Holdbacks, 3rd thru 8th grade players not playing other sports due to not wanting to miss out on the important 8th and 9th grade recruitment years.
Club coaches will have some say but only some. Nothing like they have now with all this ER. I see sanity coming back to Club lacrosse. It will not be important until 9th grade. Best College teams and coaches will wait and look at 9th and 10 graders as they will be in in drivers seat for getting best players. There is only 12.6 scholarships..that isnt changing
