MrMac posted:I'm not sure why any parent would leave a negotiation about a college scholarship worth several thousand dollars to maybe over $100K to a 17 or 18 year old. The stakes are way too big. I wouldn't expect any son or daughter to have experience in this. It's hard enough for a parent to learn all there is to it. This board is a great help and it's one thing to have the coach talk to your son about baseball issues but it's quite another to talk about family finances, needs, loans, debt, etc. That's way over 99.9% of these kids. If your kid is the exception, congratulations.
I agree it doesn't seem fair for a coach to be having this discussion with a kid, but it's not a negotiation. The coach either makes an offer or he doesn't. If you and the kid like the offer you accept, and if you don't like it than you don't accept it. Sure it's up to you to figure out if the finances work, but other than yes or no, you don't have any negotiating power anyway.