After meeting with organizations recruiting coordinator

DILLIGAF said:

12 year old girl who doesn't want to watch sports on TV. Can't be that shocking. She loves playing softball but doesn't care to watch it.
I'm certainly not going to turn the TV on to watch girls sports.
I knew USC didn't play softball, they didn't really play any girls sports other than basketball when I was at USC, in the last 12 years or so they started girls water polo, beach volleyball, girls lacrosse and soccer but I never watched any of the games

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I understand that some have already quoted you on the bold above. If your dd doesn't want to watch a college game, how does she know she wants to play in college? I understand the love of the sport but collegiate sports are a lot different than some imagine. At the same age, my dd didn't want to play in college. Her focus was to start on the HS team by the time she was a freshman. Still, her and her friends made it a tradition to watch the CWS. As a parent, if you aren't watching and doing your homework, you have a recipe for disaster. IMO, if you are counting on some recruiting coordinator to do the work, you are working on an even greater disaster. As I've outlined here many times, I can't count the number of times that TB players have been let down by those who were responsible for helping them get into college. My advice to you now is to take charge of her recruitment when she shows an interest. Right now, I'd say she doesn't have interest.

DILLIGAF said:

I'm certainly not going to turn the TV on to watch girls sports.

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And why not?


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DILLIGAF said:

She won't be going to a JC.
She won't watch college softball, her travel teams have gone to Mary Nutter the last couple seasons but she isn't ever interested in watching the college games.

She hears all the time that kids who leave California to play for other states schools are traitors, granted it's always about football and baseball players but it's what she has heard her whole life around the house.
Stanford, UC Santa Barbara, Loyola Marymount.... maybe Fullerton or Fresno State will likely become her leading teams now. I just thought it was funny that they asked her to name her top 3 and none of them have softball.


Who knows, she's in 7th grade, maybe they will start a program

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Or maybe in 5 years softball won't be the guiding factor in her decision. It's really important to find a school you love.

DILLIGAF said:

I'm certainly not going to turn the TV on to watch girls sports.

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What a completely dumb and sexist thing to say.

It's neither dumb or sexist. Sports on TV is entertainment, if I do not know the girls playing and my school doesn't participate in the sport, I have no interest in watching.
I enjoy watching football, baseball and ice hockey, those are the only sports I will watch on TV

My girl is in 8th grade, I will pay for her to go to USC or Pepperdine or where ever she wants to go. If she is still playing softball at the time, I will watch her games, if she goes to a school with a softball team that plays on TV it will be easier.

Hopefully USC or Pepperdine will start a softball program in the next 5 years.

DILLIGAF said:

Hopefully USC or Pepperdine will start a softball program in the next 5 years.

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If it has not happened by now(in California) it will most likely not happen.