@RJM posted:The, fallback question ... After all the sacrifices to say you played college ball does your dad own his own business and will hire you?
I know a kid whose father left no dollar unspent after the kid was a LL all star. The kid grew to 5’10” with mediocre foot speed and a puss arm. He was the #3 pitcher at a 1A high school. A baseball academy was always willing to take the money and place him on the B travel team. The kid was signed up for the full year round package.
He “walked on” at a losing D3 with poor facilities, mediocre academics and sat for four years. His father still brags his kid played for a prominent baseball academy and played college ball. The typical person hears “college ball” and envisions what they see on tv. In a few years the kid will take over dad’s business.
Yes, this is never a path I would suggest. Especially with no fallback. We say it often here. "would you go to the school, without baseball".