The Future of Recruiting

[MNDad]

Just throwing this out there...
How about changing all College athlete eligibility to 5 years
Hmmmm? Help the graduation curve for athletes do to their extra dedictaed time....


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I often see statements about athletes not being able to graduate in four years as excuses why kids didn’t play in college or didn’t play at a higher level. I haven’t seen recent figures, but last time I checked female athletes had a higher four year graduation rate than the general population. DD’s class of eight seniors all graduated in four years.

I do like your five year idea. It would make it much easier to navigate degrees like teaching and nursing.

 

[radness]

I often see statements about athletes not being able to graduate in four years as excuses why kids didn’t play in college or didn’t play at a higher level. I haven’t seen recent figures, but last time I checked female athletes had a higher four year graduation rate than the general population. DD’s class of eight seniors all graduated in four years.

I do like your five year idea. It would make it much easier to navigate degrees like teaching and nursing.

Female athletes higher graduation rate good thing!
Thanks for sharing that.
MNDad what was grad % you found?
That's also a good point to mention about being recruited... Athletic programs do have a lot of resources for academic athletes. BONUS! In many cases assigned counslers that follow athletes careers to make sure they stay on track. Seems like those extras payoff in graduation on time!
I know a few months ago mom daughter verbal to a college out of state and the mom commented...after formal visit, she felt a lot better about it. Knowing how many people were going to be invested in making sure her daughter graduates on time.

 

[CMMom1740]

In the midst of our panic about the future of recruiting (among everything else), DD (a 2022) today received an invitation to two upcoming Elite Prospect Camps from her #1 choice dream school. Crossing fingers so hard that we'll be through this by July so that the first camp will happen. A real ray of hope for this 16-year old who is having trouble coping with social distancing.