re: O-D football camps

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How old is your son. The Atlanta camp is coming up in a few weeks and in my opinion, is too expensive for kids under 15. They cannot justify charging $750 for a 9 year old kid, when there is no payoff in the end, such as a scholarship.

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My son is 12. I agree it is very expensive and I did not want him to go to this camp. I tried to get him to go to the LSU camp. I gave him the option to pick what he wanted to do this summer because he hit the books and nailed his Iowa (top 5%). He also brought home A-B honors. He said he wanted to go to this camp because it was full contact camp and thats what he loves about football.

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Yeah, some of these camps thrive on a parent's wish for their son to develop into the next professional athlete. But good Lord, for a 9 year old? Forget the camp- spend the $750 renting a cabin in the mountains for a week and teaching him about fishing and hunting. You'll both remember that experience more. I'd much rather drop a grand bonding with my son than sending him to an overpriced camp, at least til hes 13-15 and displaying a real talent and love for the game.

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I would love for my son to be a great professional football player. However I push him harder toward the classroom than any sport. I took him out of football 2 years ago for making a few C's on a report card. He loves to play football so much thats one of the things I use to keep his grades up, I will pull him in a heartbeat if they drop.