O-D football camps

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. My son went to Georgia Tech's camp 2 weeks ago, which was right up my alley. I paid 40 bucks and he got professional instruction from the position coaches and had a great time.

A"football stage dad" was following around anyone who would listen just to tell them his son plays quarterback and is attending the O-D Camp along with 4 other ones before the season starts. I was like "dude you can't be serious. Your son is only 9 years old."

That's sad. Talk about living vicariously through your 4th grader. These are the same Little League dads that physically assault umpires when their kid gets called out on strikes.

How old is your son?

Mine will play his first year of football this year. He will be 7 but is a big boy. I have been looking around for camps for him to go to when he is old enough. I am not paying $750 for a kid that young to go to a camp like that.

I saved that link for the Line school because I figure he will be on one of them.

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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.

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Why punish his teammates?

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Because school is way more important than athletics, you slapdick.

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Yeah right. That's why LSU graduation ceremonies are only attended by family and friends while 90,000 pack Tiger Stadium.

I understand your frustration since you were likely never much of an athlete. You probably still wonder why athletes get the good looking girls and the so called cushy jobs. Not saying athletics are more important than school. But don't fool yourself, sports do teach kids things like physical health, confidence, responsibility, committment and teamwork that are every bit as important in everyday life.

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Yeah, sure- that's why for every NFL athlete or even big time Division 1 athlete, there's 800 ignorant-arse, semi-retarded jocks making your fries at Sonic that focused on sports instead of hitting the books. And for every NFL athlete, there's 100,000 doctors, lawyers, accountants, engineers, and architects. You have a greater chance of getting him into a professional academic field than you do an athletic one.

If you've got the opportunity, means, and money to send your kid to sports camps for thousands of dollars, make sure he's got his academics squared away first. Otherwise, send his arse to Math Camp. Once he's proven he's academically sound, then extra-curricular activities can come.

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Yeah, sure- that's why for every NFL athlete or even big time Division 1 athlete, there's 800 ignorant-arse, semi-retarded jocks making your fries at Sonic that focused on sports instead of hitting the books. And for every NFL athlete, there's 100,000 doctors, lawyers, accountants, engineers, and architects. You have a greater chance of getting him into a professional academic field than you do an athletic one

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So now you think Joe Jr. is going to be a doctor. Yeah right. Keep dreaming. The truth is the chances of him making it in the NFL vs. a doctor are just as good for a kid who struggles academically through elementary school. And why is it so important that your son become a doctor? Why not President of the USA? My guess is that more of our Presidents were more jock like than nerd like.