fenwaysouth posted:RJM mentioned transferring. Transferring is the heartburn I would have by ignoring the second mantra. Everybody is agreeing on the first mantra. In my time at HSBBWeb (and the many baseball people I know in my little corner of the world) it seems that many more young men are transferring (for baseball reasons) from their original school than not. It seems to me this can be avoided in many cases. Overwhelmingly, these are D1 Power-5 or top mid-majors. Where I'm going with this is.....why can't a recruit knowing he is going into this ultra competitive baseball environment hedge his bets (and future) by picking the better academic situation from the get go....even at the expense of a few scholarship dollars?
Possibly, this is just my perspective. My oldest son picked a more academic school over scholarship dollars because he was more serious about academics than baseball as a career. He loves baseball but was willing to forego it for his degree.
How many times when a kid transfers is it because the school is pulling his money? I know that it is technically illegal in the P5 conferences, but the coaches know how to get around it by letting the player know they will not get any playing time and advising them to go to JUCO for a year to get reps.