a parent told me they spent $4,000 to attend one High School Showcase.
Was curious what are the most expensive high school showcases out there to attend?
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Actual cost to the showcase operator: $500.00 or so.
Have to add travel expenses to and fro and lodging and food.
Good for them having $4000.00 to spend on their son. Can't think of a better way to spend the money.
Time with your son: PRICELESS.
Have to add travel expenses to and fro and lodging and food.
Good for them having $4000.00 to spend on their son. Can't think of a better way to spend the money.
Time with your son: PRICELESS.
The priciest one my son did was the USA Junior Olympics. About $2,500 after all travel costs, hotel, team fee, etc. But it was a high-profile event that both he and I will remember forever.
For $4,000, I hope the kid got some serious college offers!
For $4,000, I hope the kid got some serious college offers!
One needs to know if the $4,000 was paid to the organization running the event or if it was the total cost of attending the event. I know people who have spent even more taking their entire family from one coast to the other and staying a week at high priced hotels. Some combine the baseball event with a family vacation.
Unfortunately, this isn’t how it works, though many people believe this for some reason. College offers and draft spots are not determined by how much money someone spends. The most important factor is always… the level of talent possessed by the player. If he can not play, there will not be any offers, no matter how much money is spent.
quote:For $4,000, I hope the kid got some serious college offers!
Unfortunately, this isn’t how it works, though many people believe this for some reason. College offers and draft spots are not determined by how much money someone spends. The most important factor is always… the level of talent possessed by the player. If he can not play, there will not be any offers, no matter how much money is spent.
PG,
Of course I agree with you. Didn't mean to correlate spending money with offers. I only meant that, having spent the money, some offers resulted for that kid.
Of course I agree with you. Didn't mean to correlate spending money with offers. I only meant that, having spent the money, some offers resulted for that kid.
the player is unsigned and has not much interest at this time
Andy
Was the 4 grand for the event itself or did it include all the costs- travel/hotel/food etc?
Was the 4 grand for the event itself or did it include all the costs- travel/hotel/food etc?
How come only Frank Martin always knows about these shocking, and often unsubstantiated things? 
Anyone know whether he's the old Dibble from a year or two ago? He was a wannabee headline writer for supermarket tabloids, I eventually determined.
Anyone know whether he's the old Dibble from a year or two ago? He was a wannabee headline writer for supermarket tabloids, I eventually determined.
micdsguy
YES he is the Old Dibble (Drivel) as well as Andy May and many other alias---I am not sure if he even knows who he is anymore---tough way to go thru life isn't it?
He does have a very fertile mind--I think some of this comes to him at 3 in the morning in the middle of a bad dream---it is all to stir us up
YES he is the Old Dibble (Drivel) as well as Andy May and many other alias---I am not sure if he even knows who he is anymore---tough way to go thru life isn't it?
He does have a very fertile mind--I think some of this comes to him at 3 in the morning in the middle of a bad dream---it is all to stir us up
Ah Ha! That explains his post about PG Showcase coaches being abducted and probed by Martians.
I enjoyed a few [just a few] of the quirky articles he'd post here that were often about lunatic fringe parents or coaches. Now I understand where he's coming from.
Problem was, when he'd didn't have an article to link to, he'd just make stuff up.
I enjoyed a few [just a few] of the quirky articles he'd post here that were often about lunatic fringe parents or coaches. Now I understand where he's coming from.
Problem was, when he'd didn't have an article to link to, he'd just make stuff up.
i don't know why your ragging on that guy,
maybe he is koko.but,there was an event in arizona
run by baseball factory that a parent we know
paid $4400.that money as we understand was to
baseball factory for the event.
maybe he is koko.but,there was an event in arizona
run by baseball factory that a parent we know
paid $4400.that money as we understand was to
baseball factory for the event.
quote:Originally posted by j.bags:
i don't know why your ragging on that guy,
maybe he is koko...
Hey, aren't we all a little nuts?
Especially when it comes to the money we spend(t) on this "Impossible Dream"?
My kids have been invited to lots of "showcases"--for thousands of dollars a pop. And then you have to get there.
Buyer beware.
What about the "companies" that promise to find "thousands of dollars" in regular scholarship money---
and charge hundreds for filling out the FAFSA?
Something about "a sucker born every minute" comes to mind.
I like my koko with marshmallows and a sprinkle of cinnamon.
(couldn't resist!)
(couldn't resist!)
Something about "a sucker born every minute" comes to mind. 
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Barnum and Bailey couldn't have said it any better!
Barnum and Bailey couldn't have said it any better!
quote:Originally posted by quillgirl:
I like my koko with marshmallows and a sprinkle of cinnamon.
I like it with lots and lots of whipped cream. Stirred with a peppermint stick. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
For 4000 dollars you can send your kid to JUCO for a year. WOW. JUCO baseball in the state of Florida is really good and your 4000 could have been your kids scholarship.
$4000??
that might be on the low side for some who have attended events in Vegas ...
tho everyone I know who has ever visited there either broke even or won a few hundred
that's their story and their sicking to it
that might be on the low side for some who have attended events in Vegas ...
tho everyone I know who has ever visited there either broke even or won a few hundred
that's their story and their sicking to it
Bee,
I've never made money over an entire trip to Vegas. Given that everybody else wins or breaks even does that mean that I've financed all those Casinos playing very low stakes video poker?
Wow, I've really accomplished something.
I've never made money over an entire trip to Vegas. Given that everybody else wins or breaks even does that mean that I've financed all those Casinos playing very low stakes video poker?
Wow, I've really accomplished something.
CADad,
The key to video poker in Vegas.. for those on a low budget.. go to the Skyline Casino in Henderson. Play the 5 cent machines. They bring you beers faster than you can drink them. 10 bucks and you've had a night out on the town.
(No cheapskate jokes, please.)
The key to video poker in Vegas.. for those on a low budget.. go to the Skyline Casino in Henderson. Play the 5 cent machines. They bring you beers faster than you can drink them. 10 bucks and you've had a night out on the town.
(No cheapskate jokes, please.)
Bum,
You can actually make money on some of the video poker machines, however you have to play full amount and the only thing that makes it profitable is hitting a royal flush. Doesn't happen very often so most of the time you are going to lose.
You can actually make money on some of the video poker machines, however you have to play full amount and the only thing that makes it profitable is hitting a royal flush. Doesn't happen very often so most of the time you are going to lose.
