Reply to "Youth baseball age cutoff moves"

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I respect your opinion. Successful coaches are very proactive in monitoring academic progress and class atendance, on a weekly and daily basis. They do everything they can to help the kids stay eligible and hopefully graduate. I just keep hearing of kids admitted to schools, NCAA qualifiers with academic advisors, etc. barely scraping by, or flunking out all together.

I think coaches sign borderline students, put them in the system and hope for the best. I don't fault them for it. Of course they would all prefer to have 3.5 GPA, 1200 SAT signees who can't wait for the next class.

I'll agree with you that grades and GPA's can help, but based on what I've seen they are secondary to the players skills on the field.

The exceptions of course, are the individual schools admission guidlines such as the Patriot League, the Ivies, Richmond, Rice, etc.

If the kid can't play, then why would the coach be impressed with his grades? JMO

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