I credit showcases big time in my sons recruitment. He didn’t play for a power team. That’s how he got his name out tgere. When there are 200 coaches watching the same game you are, you decide real quick if you want a kid because everyone is getting to see the same thing. PBR Futures gave my son that opportunity. We had texts coming in immediately after he came off the mound saying. Xyz is offering, call ASAP. We weren’t the only ones. Schools that had recruited for months were suddenly ready to offer. We also knew if they didn’t, they probably weren’t going to. People can say its a money grab but what it is, is paying for a stage. What you do when you get on the stage is up to you.
On another note, because son was in the PG system and had done well, they tweeted that he was one to watch at WWBA and gave his game time and location. On that stage, he bombed huge with a huge crowd. First time seeing all those coaches and all those guns. We thought the world had ended, but it didn’t