Is there a doctorate program somewhere to learn how this all comes together. I am a high school football player. I am pretty average in the classroom, but I take all the required "College Prep" classes. I have a 2.9 grade point. I started taking the Tests my junior year. I have hit as high as 22 on the ACT and as low as 19. This year it was 21. Now all this infomation is on the forms I gave the coaches when they contacted me and they assured me I was good to go. But go where? Is that not good enough for the U of M, but good enough for say Iowa? Maybe not the Big 10 but Big 12 is ok, not good there how about SEC or you get the picture. It gives a whole new meaning to a level playing field. And then the Clearinghouse, that Oz like bureau that proclaims you're good to go, you're not. And they do it on their time. Sorry, we take two weeks a month off for meetings. We'll get back to you.
And then you have the NCAA monitoring graduation rates, that's a nice touch. And make no mistake some schools massage the grades, and the rates to get by. They figure if the the rate can cost them scholarships, then eliminate the problem. Does the coach really make the student athletes go to class? All of them? Or do some schools find ways around the graduation requirement. Need proof, it wasn't that long ago when a certain USC quarterback was taking ballroom dancing, and a Ohio State linebacker was bowling.
The bottom line, who are we kidding with this recruiting? Get the best 20 some players each year you can and do the best you can on the field.
