Virginia Tech Trip

Be careful playing on a college field. My sons scout team just had to move some games off campus, because the coach was told that ncaa see's it as a violation now. I would check compliance just to make sure. With the new questions on the clearing house, you have to be careful.

You are fine. We are have done the same thing at VT for the past 2 years.

We're playing a local team, maybe its redbirds squad, I have no idea.

And yes we're fine this is all we do is play games at colleges.

We will be there Oct 23-24 but we are only playing 1 game on Sunday. We are going to the football game on the 23rd vs. Duke.

That's sweet, they are off the weekend we're down there. 18 sixteen and seventeen year old boys on campus during halloween? I might have my hands full.

hahaha...that's putting it mildly. If I remember correctly during my college years, VT always had some good Halloween parties.

What CELTDAD posted is true. Scout teams are now not allowed to play on a College Campus. I am going to post something in the general thread to get some more input.

BOF,

The Canes play on college campuses 8 weekends a summer and 6 per fall. It's OK.

We play at 25 college fields this year from D1 to D3 from UConn to Colby-Sawyer.

I'm not saying I know that there will be consequences to playing on college fields, but hate to find out later that it effects the kids. From what I hear it is a new crackdown policy from the ncaa. We just played on a college field last week and our coach is changing the schedule going forward from this week. The club was to play at pepperdine, usc, and possible uc riverside. But for now that is changed. Feel free to do with the information as you wish. Good luck.

BOF/CELTDAD,
I am sure SMAN has done his homework knowing him- he is pretty good at what he does. Yet, I am concerned. Anytime there is any chance the players eligibility would be impacted by an issue then I think it is worth looking into. As I want my own answers I will make some contacts with some college coaches to verify or deny this.
Even if the NCAA is cracking down on something like this I can't see how they would punish the players. It seems it would be more of a problem for the institutions. If the NCAA looks at these games as technical "tryouts involving future prospects" that would be an infraction on the institution itself.

Did you guys find out what's up in the northeast as far as playing on D1 fields? I have heard that you are correct that it would be a violation on the schools behalf, not the kids.

No its not a violation of any sort, people should probably do some research or get their facts straight before they post nonsense in the forums.

My thinking is this: if the school is willing to rent the field to the teams to play it is not the teams problem--the way colleges look at the NCAA regulations with a microscope these days they won't rent you the field if theirt are any doubts in their minds

The Institutions should know the rules and not the individual players or parents (for that matter, even the well informed program director). Each school has it's own NCAA Compliance director and nothing happens on any of their properties that is not approved by compliance.

A few years back the NCAA took the skills part of showcases away from D1 campuses. It was still allowed at lower levels and the games could still be played there. So many showcases were run with skills off site and the games on campus.

The entire "MLB Scout Team" is fairly new the last few years and I'm sure the NCAA will sooner or later address their concerns with them. On your final elegibilty questions from the NCAA there are questions regarding who you played for, whether your paid or played for free etc etc.

The 2 factions, MLB and NCAA are on different sides of the table and it's only a matter of time. As far as I know, travel teams can and have been playing on college campuses. If there is an issue with "Scout Teams", I am unaware and unfamiliar.

Well the boys swept the weekend down at VA Tech, not bad considering we didn't bring a single senior with us.

Some of our pictures are up on the Showcase League facebook I'll be putting some video together too.

They played three games, had two seperate tours, visited the memorial, walked through the tunnel out onto the football field and slapped the Hokie stone... not bad.

First the VA Tech team:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h1EW5z1 ... re=related

Then us:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5oZCvGcNIg