do i ever get involved?

Not yet.

When he needs transportation/hotel for an unofficial visit, or the money talk begins, possibly.   We tried to stay as invisible as possible. 

https://www.ign.com/videos/dis...t-charge-annual-fees

You don’t get involved until affordability comes up. Until then you only advise your son.

thanks guys!  perfect and exactly what I thought.

I agree with all the comments above.  It would be weird, not in a good way, to jump in on a call. JMO.

@cabbagedad posted:

https://www.ign.com/videos/dis...t-charge-annual-fees

NO

That's funny!

Silent parent, unless the topic is finances or health concerns from the time he is recruited until he graduates.

JMO.

We met with most coaches once, usually during a campus visit in which they went through their offer and then later when the coaches hosted all the new freshmen for their official visit.

After the kid commits, it's different. We have talked to recruiting coach and his baseball academic advisor just to make sure we were all the same page about money, path to graduation, etc. Those maybe once a year, and less now that son is academically a senior and seems to be on a glide path to a diploma.

Iowamom.....your son is a senior already??  sheesh time flies!

@keewart posted:

Iowamom.....your son is a senior already??  sheesh time flies!

I think he’s a third year senior academically.

I did but it was through them contacting me or seeing me at tournaments.  When he was being recruited, I was his high school coach so they talked to me.  It was amazing how many did not put together that I was his dad and coach until I brought it up.  I also knew many of the coaches who were recruiting him from when his older brothers were being recruited.  They couldn't believe that this was the little one running around when they were recruiting his brothers.

My answer would be no unless you get the opportunity live to introduce yourself.  Most came up to me at tournaments and introduced themselves or stood next to me without everyone knowing we were talking.

Did not communicate with sons' coaches during recruiting unless they invited me to do so (which only happened at the offer stage). Have communicated quite a bit after commitment for a variety of reasons: injury, randomly running into them at showcases, and now the COVID situation, and how it might affect sons' futures at their respective schools.