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As this posts shows teams use JV in different ways. Maybe in my sons case they did not see him playing JV, hard to tell. How many kids do you think a coach would turn off if he started talking about a JV team, and how the recruit might fit. Many kids would turn away from those programs. JV teams are not necessarily a bad thing. But many Players and there parents would not want see their son on JV.
In any case I suppose playing on JV has to be better than sitting on the bench. As in all things, buyer beware. That is what this board and others like, D3Boards.com are so helpful.