If I ask for and receive my release from my current D1 college team will I still be able to play with the summer team I have already signed with? I am academically eligible.
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Newbie ...
We have known of other players who were in a situation similar to yours and there were three different scenarios that played out: (1) the player still played for the summer team; (2) the player elected to NOT play for the same summer team (for various reasons ... one of which was anticipated discomfort with having former college teammates on the team); and (3) [the lousiest scenario I can imagine] the player did NOT play for the same summer team because his former coach called the summer coach, undermined the player, and the summer team cancelled the player's contract.
Altho your connection with your summer team may have been a result of your college affiliation this past year (i.e., your coaches made the calls, etc.), you probably have signed a contract with the summer team that has nothing to do with your college team. However, the only sure way to know ... CALL YOUR SUMMER COACH AND ASK.
Good luck.
Mary Ann (a k a ShapsMa)
We have known of other players who were in a situation similar to yours and there were three different scenarios that played out: (1) the player still played for the summer team; (2) the player elected to NOT play for the same summer team (for various reasons ... one of which was anticipated discomfort with having former college teammates on the team); and (3) [the lousiest scenario I can imagine] the player did NOT play for the same summer team because his former coach called the summer coach, undermined the player, and the summer team cancelled the player's contract.
Altho your connection with your summer team may have been a result of your college affiliation this past year (i.e., your coaches made the calls, etc.), you probably have signed a contract with the summer team that has nothing to do with your college team. However, the only sure way to know ... CALL YOUR SUMMER COACH AND ASK.
Good luck.
Mary Ann (a k a ShapsMa)
Please do not use the term "undermined"
Keep in mind that a college player who was placed there by his college is there because of his college coach-- if player "A" is leaving the program the coach will want to send another player from HIS program to that team.
That is not undermining--that is called business
TRhit
Keep in mind that a college player who was placed there by his college is there because of his college coach-- if player "A" is leaving the program the coach will want to send another player from HIS program to that team.
That is not undermining--that is called business
TRhit
so TR, the summer "player contract" that the player and summer team coach signed has no value if the college coach undermines it?
that sounds like -
"selective ethics"
or
"no ethics"
lefties? - - - they just aint right!
that sounds like -
"selective ethics"
or
"no ethics"
lefties? - - - they just aint right!
Tom ...
I understand what you are saying but there are extenuating circumstances. I have sent you a PM
Mary Ann (a k a ShapsMa)
I understand what you are saying but there are extenuating circumstances. I have sent you a PM
Mary Ann (a k a ShapsMa)
Thanks for the replies. I enjoy my teammates and would have absolutely no problem playing with them in the summer. The summer coach contacted our coach and specifically asked if I was available. Contacting the summer coach and asking him the hypothetical question "if I ask for my release" seems to put the summer coach in an awkward position. How can I get a gauge on my college coach's tendency to "undermine" my placement.
Newbie ..
I didn't express myself clearly in the earlier post ... as I didn't mean for you to call the summer coach at this time. I realize that is not probably an option ... I meant AFTER you ask for your release. Also, in your other thread, you are wondering WHEN might be the appropriate time to ask for a release. Until that happens, I don't know that you can do anything with regard to testing the waters with the summer coach.
If it is a coach you played for before, that may make a difference. Your leaving your present school may not matter to him ... he may just want you back. And altho most summer assignments are directly related to the college program a player is in, not all are. (For instance, our son's summer assignment last year was not arranged by his college coach but was a direct result of a previous summer coach changing leagues and inviting our son to play for him on the new team. He thought long and hard about it before making the decision to switch leagues ... he had already spent a glorious summer on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska, and his Alaskan friends understood the opportunity to play in the Cape Cod League was valueable. This year, if he has an opportunity to play summer ball, he has a choice because he has been invited back to both ... )
Also, a thought that I would like to share as a parent ... if you are serious about leaving your present school (I am not questioning your decision at all, since it is purely a personal decision) ... I think you need to take care of that business first and THEN worry about summer. Based on what I have read from your posts, it doesn't appear that you have any desire to stay where you are, so you will just have to "live with the consequences" of that decision as it relates to summer baseball. After all, would you really consider staying where you are JUST so you can play for the summer team you are contracted with? It doesn't sound like it, so I think you just need to take things one step at a time and see what happens with your present coach when you ask for the release.
I am hopeful that your coach is understanding and that all works out for you in the future.
Mary Ann (a k a ShapsMa)
I didn't express myself clearly in the earlier post ... as I didn't mean for you to call the summer coach at this time. I realize that is not probably an option ... I meant AFTER you ask for your release. Also, in your other thread, you are wondering WHEN might be the appropriate time to ask for a release. Until that happens, I don't know that you can do anything with regard to testing the waters with the summer coach.
If it is a coach you played for before, that may make a difference. Your leaving your present school may not matter to him ... he may just want you back. And altho most summer assignments are directly related to the college program a player is in, not all are. (For instance, our son's summer assignment last year was not arranged by his college coach but was a direct result of a previous summer coach changing leagues and inviting our son to play for him on the new team. He thought long and hard about it before making the decision to switch leagues ... he had already spent a glorious summer on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska, and his Alaskan friends understood the opportunity to play in the Cape Cod League was valueable. This year, if he has an opportunity to play summer ball, he has a choice because he has been invited back to both ... )
Also, a thought that I would like to share as a parent ... if you are serious about leaving your present school (I am not questioning your decision at all, since it is purely a personal decision) ... I think you need to take care of that business first and THEN worry about summer. Based on what I have read from your posts, it doesn't appear that you have any desire to stay where you are, so you will just have to "live with the consequences" of that decision as it relates to summer baseball. After all, would you really consider staying where you are JUST so you can play for the summer team you are contracted with? It doesn't sound like it, so I think you just need to take things one step at a time and see what happens with your present coach when you ask for the release.
I am hopeful that your coach is understanding and that all works out for you in the future.
Mary Ann (a k a ShapsMa)