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Reply to "Where is the NCAA when you need her/him?"

The attitude here is that the colleges don't care whether your son makes their team...for them it is simply a numbers game.

Most of them realize that unless they are one of the premier D-1 universities that has a history of going to the CWS every year their chances of getting the A-1 grade BB athlete is minimal.

That leaves them to throw as many probabables into the sifter and see what falls out.

Colleges do not put a lot of effort into recruiting BB players. Most programs are run that way now out of $$$ necessity...and that is the reason parents should take a closer look at how they are spend that tuition dollar.

Unless your son is a grade A-1 stud BB player, top 1% at his position, and high GPA student you should be calculating how to get the most bang-for-your-buck.

Keeping in line with getting the most for your BB dollar...my advice, if your kid is more a ball player than a student, start him out at a JUCO for his General Education requirements, and see whether he can handle the edu load and play and/or if he gets drafted. If not then have him complete the 60 units needed to transfer to the best baseball program he can get the most playing time at an upper level college.

If your son is a good ball player but maybe not a A-1 stud type, it does no good for your kid to go to a Div-1 school and sit on the bench, if he has aspirations of playing at the next level. He is better off going to a JC/JUCO and getting to play alot, making the All-Conference Team and getting some interest from scouts and colleges there.

Similarly if your son is more of a student than a ball player than your effort for him should be to get him the best education with the best school he can qualify for and don't worry about the level of baseball, as long as it's a relatively decent program.

JMO
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