Free Agent Questionnaire

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Originally posted by baseballmom08:
A scouting supervisor gave my son a free agent questionnaire to fill out and return to him.
What exactly is this and what does it mean?

I assume your son went undrafted and graduated, which means he is now a free agent.

The team must be interested in taking a look at him and may be about to offer him a free agent contract. It may not be worth a lot of money (e.g. no signing bonus), but they think he's worth taking a further look at.

This is a good thing.

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A scouting supervisor gave my son a free agent questionnaire to fill out and return to him.
What exactly is this and what does it mean?

It means hes on the scout's radar as a possible prospect for 2008. Do you remember if the scout worked for a team or the bureau. Either way its a good thing.

Would he have to be a college junior, a high school grad who has not signed with a D1 or a college grad?

Don't worry about it, most likely the scout didn't have another questionaire available. I remember once in HS a scout handed son a questionaire for the rule 5 draft.

He's interested that is all that matters.

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Originally posted by Tiger Paw Mom:
Don't worry about it, most likely the scout didn't have another questionaire available. I remember once in HS a scout handed son a questionaire for the rule 5 draft.

He's interested that is all that matters.

At first I thought What? and then after thinking about it, that was a great answer.

You never know who's watching or what they read when you are asked for some information. At a Scouting Bureau tryout years ago a comment was made that stuck in my head. They said everytime you are asked for information, treat it as though you are speaking to a Scouting Director because it just may get there. Another interesting comment was when filling out forms be legible, good grammar, accurate, and don't use IM symbols. At this point in the process, you are what you depict on paper.

It was also mentioned that it was not out of line to ask the person for his card or get his name and number.

Start a wp doc of who you've been contacted by, contact info, when, and what you provided them.

My son carried in his bag a laminated "cheat sheet" of information which included personal info, contacts, and other info was added as new questions needed to be answered.

This mindset can also be applied in the college recruiting process also.

When all is said and done this is the beginning of a long interview process, be prepared.