Recruiting for college basketball has chnaged drastically througout the years. If you have ever seen the movie "Love and Basketball" which is based on in the 80's Monica Wright the star female player who is trying to play college basketball did not get recruited until her last game of her senior year. And she also found out she was going there through a letter in the mail.
Now kids commit earlier and earlier. Some kids commit as early as their freshman year. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? so much can change from their freshman year in high school to when they are ready to go to college. Especially for boys. What if they do not develop, or grow as much as expected? All my guy friends that play basketball, their games have chnaged drastically from their freshman year in high school to their senior year. Michael Jordan didn't even make varsity his freshman year.
Now coaches can call, text, email, send letters, take home visits, come to your games, come to your school, and pretty much stalk you to get you to come to their school. Should that be allowed? kids will be in class texting coaches, which is a huge distraction from school as well. I also think this is why kids commit to schools so much earlier, becuase they get tired of all the hastle of the schools. They just want everyone to leave them alone and for all the chaos to stop!
Should the rules be changed? Should their be more rules to protect the athletes? Then again there are plenty of rules now that many coaches break. Would it make a differnce? Was it better back in the 80's when they could only come to your games? and most of them would only see you play once? Is is easier to be recruited now? or harder?
Are boys and girls recruiting that differnt?
So many thoughts. So many thoughts.
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One of my best friends is going through this. He is always so stressed out from trying to keep his grades up, playing on two different basketball teams, and trying to please his coaches and recruiters. He's even went to extremes; moving to Texas to a school that his parents thought would be better for him so the recruiters would hopefully recognize him more. At the Top 100 camp during the summer he called me after participating in so many actvities during the day. Receiving stalks of mail a week, numerous phone calls,and trying to get a good education he doesn't have time for himself. I think there should be more rules to protect athletes because things can get pretty crazy.
ReplyDeleteWow thats crazy. Yea some people do crazy things just to be seen and to play at the best places they possibly can. I really never had to do that because my AAU team was top three in the nation for almost 7 years so I never had to move like that to get exposure. And I also committed before coaches were allowed to make phone calls so I never had to deal with that either becuase I didn't want to have to deal with everyone. Good thoughts Alexis good thoughts.
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