LousyLefty posted:Aren't the coaches paid to be at most of these showcases? I thought they were paid to be at Headfirst/Showball, etc? I'm not advocating for this particular "showcase". Just saying collecting a paycheck is normal.
The bigger question I finding myself asking is WHICH coach is showing up? I was at USA baseball JO's last year and TWO coaches at a school my son would LOVE to attend (so I noticed the logos on their polos right away) were watching their game. (one left fairly quickly to watch another game) Rarely have I seen two from the same school so I pulled up their coaches roster (with pictures) it was the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator. Great news for my kiddo. Then I remembered a big showcase was happening in another state at this exact same time, if these guys were here, who was there? Yep, a bunch of parents paid a bunch of money and this school sent their operations guy. I'm sure he knows way more about baseball than I do. But I'm guessing he had very little actual recruiting clout. I would be quite disappointed if I had that school on our list of reasons why we had chosen that camp. But what do I know, I'm just a baseball mom trying not to mess up her own kid's recruiting journey...
D1 baseball only allows 3 paid coaches to be on their staff. Some programs have a lot of unpaid coaches on staff.
Those paid coaches are the only ones allowed to leave campus to recruit.
However, it does allow unpaid coaches to work at off campus showcases and camps and get paid. They do report back to coaches as to players that may be of interest to their specific program.
D1 baseball coaches may not accept money for observing. We have had a lengthy discussion on that a few months back.
Is that what you meant in your post above?