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<blockquote data-quote="Lee" data-source="post: 800687" data-attributes="member: 786"><p>See you’re conflating things now. If you read above you would’ve seen that I said baseball has 12.5 schollies for 30 players. There are maybe 1-2 guys on any team that get a full ride offer in baseball. So anyone who gets that offer is thrilled I’m sure. Those same people though are like the kid you mentioned though and typically 1st round draft picks.</p><p></p><p>If the kid you mentioned was so thrilled though, why did he take the money? Because he was smart and that was a much better offer than the THRILL of a free college education (which would be included in his signing bonus).</p><p></p><p>I came from a lower middle class family and only got 25%. I had to keep HOPE to have everything paid for. I was thrilled to get anything from GT, but I grew up a fan and it was my dream school.</p><p></p><p>Lastly, the thrilled convo had nothing to do with baseball. It was solely about football. Again, who is more thrilled to sign a big recruit, the school/fans or the player? Pretty easy, watch signing day footage. Most of the top 500 or so players (if not more) have many free ride offers and schools spend millions of dollars chasing these kids around the country and rolling out the red carpet for them. </p><p></p><p>Shoot I loved hosting recruits even just in baseball. It was the best I ate when in college. Eat at the Palm or Ruth Chris on your visit. Then you show up and go on a road trip and we’re eating at Golden Coral. Little different once you sign the dotted line and you’ve got your “free ride.”</p><p></p><p>The whole point is that you acted like if the ones who weren’t simply THRILLED to have a free ride went away the drop off wouldn’t be noticeable. That’s silly man.</p><p></p><p>The best players care very little about the free ride. They care about preparing to play at the next level. The free education is a nice cherry on top, but that’s it for most. Sorry fo that doesn’t fit the narrative you or others want to believe SA’s think about, but it’s true.</p><p></p><p>Don’t take it as some don’t value getting a good education. They do. I did. But it’s still not the most important thing. It’s a nice to have and good if it doesn’t work out (which for most it doesn’t). But I can promise you anyone who could potentially make it isn’t thinking about not making it at 18-21 years old.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lee, post: 800687, member: 786"] See you’re conflating things now. If you read above you would’ve seen that I said baseball has 12.5 schollies for 30 players. There are maybe 1-2 guys on any team that get a full ride offer in baseball. So anyone who gets that offer is thrilled I’m sure. Those same people though are like the kid you mentioned though and typically 1st round draft picks. If the kid you mentioned was so thrilled though, why did he take the money? Because he was smart and that was a much better offer than the THRILL of a free college education (which would be included in his signing bonus). I came from a lower middle class family and only got 25%. I had to keep HOPE to have everything paid for. I was thrilled to get anything from GT, but I grew up a fan and it was my dream school. Lastly, the thrilled convo had nothing to do with baseball. It was solely about football. Again, who is more thrilled to sign a big recruit, the school/fans or the player? Pretty easy, watch signing day footage. Most of the top 500 or so players (if not more) have many free ride offers and schools spend millions of dollars chasing these kids around the country and rolling out the red carpet for them. Shoot I loved hosting recruits even just in baseball. It was the best I ate when in college. Eat at the Palm or Ruth Chris on your visit. Then you show up and go on a road trip and we’re eating at Golden Coral. Little different once you sign the dotted line and you’ve got your “free ride.” The whole point is that you acted like if the ones who weren’t simply THRILLED to have a free ride went away the drop off wouldn’t be noticeable. That’s silly man. The best players care very little about the free ride. They care about preparing to play at the next level. The free education is a nice cherry on top, but that’s it for most. Sorry fo that doesn’t fit the narrative you or others want to believe SA’s think about, but it’s true. Don’t take it as some don’t value getting a good education. They do. I did. But it’s still not the most important thing. It’s a nice to have and good if it doesn’t work out (which for most it doesn’t). But I can promise you anyone who could potentially make it isn’t thinking about not making it at 18-21 years old. [/QUOTE]
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