Reply to "Should academics ALWAYS come first?"

RJMHSBaseballWeb member since 2007

With maximum effort there's about a 1% chance of earning a living in MLB baseball. With maximum effort there's a 100% chance of earning a living in the business world. It's great to dream. It's also good to be rational and not delusional.

Through high school a kid should be giving maximum effort to academics. If a kid is a jaw dropping baseball stud I can understand selecting an ASU or similar college over Ivy due to baseball. If a kid wants to play college baseball I can see selecting a college one notch down academically that provides a better baseball option.

What I can't see is choosing Whatamattah U just to play baseball. I told my son no way, no how am I paying 50K a year for some BS school just so he can say he played college baseball.

Talk about tough choices

8/29/102:39 PM

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