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Post by hchoops on Jan 25, 2019 12:50:51 GMT -5
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Post by rgs318 on Jan 25, 2019 13:02:57 GMT -5
I agree hoops. NJ does not need this (and neither do the kids who will be roped into it).
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Post by alum on Jan 25, 2019 13:39:25 GMT -5
If the NCAA said that the athletic scholarships at the high school level were a violation of its amateurism rules, these schools would disappear. Of course, the top colleges which control the NCAA like these farm systems and will never say a peep.
Quite frankly, IMG and places like this one in NJ enroll a small number of kids. I don't like seeing kids go to their public high school for a year or two, enroll at a prep school with "financial aid," reclassify and spend an extra year in high school before going off to college. That will do more harm to high school sports than these super-elite programs. (I also don't like Development Academy soccer's impact on high school soccer, especially since it appears to have done nothing to improve the men's national team.)
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Post by timholycross on Jan 26, 2019 17:23:08 GMT -5
If the NCAA said that the athletic scholarships at the high school level were a violation of its amateurism rules, these schools would disappear. Of course, the top colleges which control the NCAA like these farm systems and will never say a peep. Quite frankly, IMG and places like this one in NJ enroll a small number of kids. I don't like seeing kids go to their public high school for a year or two, enroll at a prep school with "financial aid," reclassify and spend an extra year in high school before going off to college. That will do more harm to high school sports than these super-elite programs. (I also don't like Development Academy soccer's impact on high school soccer, especially since it appears to have done nothing to improve the men's national team.) If the one and done rule changes there may actually be more of these. |
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Post by bfoley82 on Jan 28, 2019 2:47:48 GMT -5
If the NCAA said that the athletic scholarships at the high school level were a violation of its amateurism rules, these schools would disappear. Of course, the top colleges which control the NCAA like these farm systems and will never say a peep. Quite frankly, IMG and places like this one in NJ enroll a small number of kids. I don't like seeing kids go to their public high school for a year or two, enroll at a prep school with "financial aid," reclassify and spend an extra year in high school before going off to college. That will do more harm to high school sports than these super-elite programs. (I also don't like Development Academy soccer's impact on high school soccer, especially since it appears to have done nothing to improve the men's national team.) How you feel about the hockey system with 20 year old incoming freshmen? |
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Post by alum on Jan 28, 2019 5:35:41 GMT -5
If the NCAA said that the athletic scholarships at the high school level were a violation of its amateurism rules, these schools would disappear. Of course, the top colleges which control the NCAA like these farm systems and will never say a peep. Quite frankly, IMG and places like this one in NJ enroll a small number of kids. I don't like seeing kids go to their public high school for a year or two, enroll at a prep school with "financial aid," reclassify and spend an extra year in high school before going off to college. That will do more harm to high school sports than these super-elite programs. (I also don't like Development Academy soccer's impact on high school soccer, especially since it appears to have done nothing to improve the men's national team.) How you feel about the hockey system with 20 year old incoming freshmen? Hate it, too. |
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Post by hcbball on Jan 29, 2019 8:40:07 GMT -5
I've always thought a re-class or prep year should take away a year of eligibility in college. Doesn't impact the one and done kids, but for the average student athlete it does. Many 18 yo freshman are competing against 20 you freshman, who paid for the extra year in HS.
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