$975,000 to get a soft touch - Page 2

How bout dem Cowboys!

Andrew luck got high n beat the 49'ers
​like father like son. Oliver Luck. 
 

If it wasn't for Bad Luck, I wouldn't have any Luck at all!

Looks tonight as MAYWEATHER may have another 300,000 under his belt....  TEXAS A & M  beat  ARKANSAS    as rumor in the news has it , the bet this week was higher and  the former champion athlete has the gambling addiction bad..

I bet a shrimp dinner and lucky for me  I won this time..

Anyone else bet their boots on a game this weeK?
Lol
In Texas that is a common wager...

YR

IMO college sports have ruined actually getting an education and will be the death of colleges everwhere in this current economy. I support colleges becoming about educations again and throwing out the sports programs. 

A HS Athlete must have a certain GPA and SAT Score, to even be able to accept a Scholarship from a University. Many of these athletes, make very good grades. Their grades just won't get them an academic scholarship. Athletic Scholarships, reward a talented student for all their years of hard work, and allow them to get a degree. With all it's flaws, there is still nothing as exciting as being a HS Athlete. As exciting as it is, it is nothing compared, to having a child who is an athlete. One step further, there is nothing as exciting as having a female athlete. Girl Sports are over the top. The drama and politics are crazy, which makes it just that much more exciting. As parents, it makes every day exciting. It gives us something to live for. I totally live through my daughter, and her abilities, and activities. My wife, even more than I. I praise God, there are Athletics in Colleges and Scholarships.
 
Our son, is 32. He graduated in 2000, and was awarded a full ride to a University. He now lives in Arizona. He has a great job and a wonderful life. He owes some of that to athletics.
Our youngest daughter is 14, and a Freshman in HS. She is a freak of nature, and excels at all sports. God willing, when the time comes, she will be rewarded for all she does.
 

In these big Universities, Football, funds the Academics. The movie, The Program, has a realistic scene where Coach Winters, tells this uptight professor

Coach Winters: Yeah, but when was the last time 80,000 people showed up to watch a kid do a damn chemistry experiment? Why don't you stick the bow-tie up your ass?

Congratulations on your son's full scholarship and  your daughter's talent, Abhay. Athletic scholarships are not easy to come by. Women's sports are finally getting the recognition they deserve. My  daughter was a little like yours, she could do any sport she wanted and did it well. Back then the girls didn't get the credit the guys got although 2 of her teams dominated the Penn Relays setting state record in some events. The local newspapers were all about the men's 2nd and 3rd places.

My grandson, a 11th grader at a local Hooterville-like school, is a talented baseball pitcher with many local and a few high school state records for strike outs, perfect games, and ERA's. He's been on the National Honor Roll for 3, 4 years. My daughter and her husband are now jumping through the hoops trying to get him at least a partial scholarship to a good college. It seems that his height is getting in the way, he's only 5'8" and is 17.  They have spent almost every weekend for the last year making sure he gets seen by the recruiters, so far nothing he's excited about. It's costly, they need to travel quite a distance to each "showcase" and the kid has to keep up his studies to stay on the honor roll; if he loses that advantage the battle is over and he probably won't be able to go to college without some huge loans. Mom and dad are middle class.

I think it's fair and proper that there are athletic scholarships available for talented kids.

Great post Blitzen! I know what you're talking about. We had an Outstanding Pitcher 2 years ago. He is really something. He had to settle for a Jr College Scholarship, due to his heighth. After they see him in JUCO, I bet the big offers come in.

I watched Inside the NFL, and they were saying, Russell Wilson, of the Seahawks, isn't really 5 11, but in reality is 5' 9". He, like Doug Flutie, prove you don't need to be over 6ft to be a great QB in the NFL.

I'm sure your daughter and son in law already use HUDLE, but many colleges Div 1, and Div 2, recruit from this program.
The article below, is on our HS Baseball Page:

Q: Tips for a small town kid like me? How do I get noticed if coaches don’t come recruit our school?

 

A: There is a misconception out there that the only way to get recruited is if coaches come to your school and ‘find’ you—that’s just not true, and it’s rarely how it happens.

First off, I have worked with plenty of players who were from the middle-of-nowhere or from schools who haven’t historically sent kids to college on athletic scholarships. That doesn’t have to affect your recruitment opportunities.

 

There are 9 Reasons Why Players Begin to get Recruited – but the #1 Rule to remember in order to get recruited is that coaches MUST see you play either in person or on tape—in order to be interested in recruiting you. There are multiple ways that this happens—you can send your film (hard copy or via email), you can attend camps, participate in local combines, play in AAU tournaments, as well as being noticed by a third-party scout in your region.

 

For many players, schools may not always come find you, you may have to go find them. You may have to make a ton of phone calls, send a ton of emails, keep getting your name out there. And remember—you don’t need 50 scholarship offers, you just need to find that ONE coach who believes in you and is willing to give you a chance.

 

It’s also important to reach out to schools in your region and state. Most coaching staffs make it a priority to center their recruiting around prospects within the state, so they will be willing to take a look at your film or take a call from your coach. Even if your dream is to move out-of-state or far, far away to play college athletics, understand that it’s helpful to have an offer from the hometown team or a team within the state. Coaches will ask, “Who have you been offered by?” and it’s always helpful if you have an offer from some of the state schools. To coaches, it means that other schools have done their research and found SOMETHING in you that has potential. They will be more likely to take a look if another school or schools have offered you. So even if they aren’t your dream schools—reach out to all the schools in the state

 

 

 

 

 

Good Post Abhay, yes I am learning about importance of HS sports from my new hubby..He HAS A grandson in Louisiana who is a kicker and he himself graduated from McNeese and his sons and one grandaughter have played the sports fields and he has traveled all over usa to Camps , after camps and his grandson is a Junior and  Grandpa has seen that he gets to states all over to see him kick and get extra help in kicking ,  and his sons played even in Canada and are both sucessful business men having gone to schools that their athletic abilities paid the ways..But it is very expensive but worth it..Burt lives the sports but they happen to carry a Louisiana name not COWBOYS....LOL

CANNOT wait to meet the girl of Abhays heart  but warn you now...BURT is a sports talker...wow  I may get to go out with the dogs  by myself..if you two get to talking sports....lol
His youngest granddaughter was named trainer for the football team in La, this year as she wants to go into that field and is a wonderful pitcher for the girls softball team as her older sister was scholarshiped in La for,...SO much talent lies in our girls athletics and now seems they are finaly getting the limelight..  One other of my dog clients has a daughter on scholarship from T K Gorhman to a Womans college upstate , in basketball so I get to keep Rito while they go up to see her and that makes me very happy.

Days are getting closer to find Captn Mike!!!!
YR