Do college football or basketball teams cheat in athletic recruiting?
Everyone who thinks they know anything about college sports feel that the big schools around the country cheat in football recruiting and basketball recruiting. These so call experts feels that even though the college game is for amateurs, it is extremely dirty and anyone who coaches at that level cheats as well. But when those [...]
Important Factors in Accepting an Athletic Scholarship: Academics
With many senior athletes throughout the country coming to decisions or at least narrowing things down this time of year, I think it is important to break down a number of factors in the decision process. There will be a variety of things that I cover here and in the future so it is something [...]
Basketball Recruiting Advice for Shooting Guards
Another series of articles that I am going to start is breaking down the recruiting knowledge that I know for different positions in both basketball and football. While some may feel that recruiting is all the same, that is definitely not the case at all. The recruiting process for a quarterback, point guard linebacker, center, [...]
What is Negative Recruiting?
When college fans from different schools are talking about recruiting on Internet message boards, one of the most popular subjects that seems to come up is negative recruiting. Negative recruiting happens when two schools are trying to recruit the same player. One school, instead of trying to sell their school, will talk about the down [...]
Coaching Turnover During the Athletic Recruiting Process
Now that a number of college football programs have put their season to rest, the amount of schools that have fired their coaches continues to grow. And after just writing an article about how important the coaching staff is in the recruiting process, these firings come at a perfect to discuss that anything can happen [...]
Important Factors in Accepting an Athletic Scholarship: The Coaching Staff
With many senior athletes throughout the country coming to decisions or at least narrowing things down this time of year, I think it is important to break down a number of factors in the decision process. There will be a variety of things that I cover here and in the future so it is something [...]
Should their be a summer Signing Day for football?
With the 2007 fall signing period almost over (It ends tomorrow), should football get a Signing Day in the summer before the season starts? These high school basketball players get a chance to sign their Letters of Intent before the year gets going. That allows them to focus on the season and not worry about [...]
Football Recruiting Advice for Running Backs
A series of articles that I have been doing lately is breaking down the recruiting knowledge that I know for different positions in both basketball and football. While some may feel that recruiting is all the same, I feel that is not the case at all. The recruiting process for a quarterback, point guard linebacker, [...]
Don’t forget how blessed you are as a potential scholarship athlete
If you are of the small percentage of high school athletes who has received a scholarship offer or is even hearing from a lot of schools in the recruiting process, you need to realize how lucky that you really are. The percentage of high school athletes receiving scholarships, at any level, has been estimated at [...]
Important Factors in Accepting an Athletic Scholarship: Athletic Facilities
With many senior athletes throughout the country coming to decisions or at least narrowing things down this time of year, I think it is important to break down a number of factors in the decision process. There will be a variety of things that I cover here and in the future so it is something [...]