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November 6th, 2009 - byThis morning I was talking with a father of an athlete being recruited by several Division I football schools. The athlete is undecided, but has several scholarship offers on the table. However, he is still pursuing more schools in the hopes of receiving more scholarship options.
During this process he has visited several schools, both officially and unofficially. His father made an extremely interesting remark about his latest visit.
“The coaching staff tells him there are two receivers ahead of him, who have scholarship offers. They don’t think both will accept their offers and my son is next on the list.”
He then followed up his comment with the extremely important, “But, we all know what that means.”
The father understands the process and knows they need to keep all of their options open. Its no coincidence that they are on the NCSA program and understand how to read between the lines. When the process is complete, his son will be able to realistically assess his options and make the best decision. They wont be taken for a ride by a coach because they already understand his recruiting language.
One of the huge benefits of using a trusted third party like NCSA is the guidance that we provide our families. Recruits can learn and understand the recruiting language used by college coaches. Most importantly, they know how to react to what they hear and make the best decision.
