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Why do football players want to play so close to home yet...?
Posted on 1/16/17 at 11:09 pm
Posted on 1/16/17 at 11:09 pm
...other sport athletes don't care as much?
In football recruiting we always hear about kids who don't want to sign with School A/B/C/etc because it's too far from home.
However, when it comes to other college sports or pro football, the distance/destination is rarely an issue (unless it's like Buffalo or Cleveland...).
I mean, HS baseball players are dying to get on any campus or more over-signed & are willing to go play Farm club Low A ball in some far off no name town. Track athletes seem to want to go & run anywhere that will let them. Basketball players = same thing.
Yet the biggest, baddest, fastest, superstar recruits can't stand the idea of being more than a few hours away from momma/aunty/uncle/daddy/etc.
Why is this the case?
In football recruiting we always hear about kids who don't want to sign with School A/B/C/etc because it's too far from home.
However, when it comes to other college sports or pro football, the distance/destination is rarely an issue (unless it's like Buffalo or Cleveland...).
I mean, HS baseball players are dying to get on any campus or more over-signed & are willing to go play Farm club Low A ball in some far off no name town. Track athletes seem to want to go & run anywhere that will let them. Basketball players = same thing.
Yet the biggest, baddest, fastest, superstar recruits can't stand the idea of being more than a few hours away from momma/aunty/uncle/daddy/etc.
Why is this the case?
Posted on 1/16/17 at 11:13 pm to forever lsu30
Basketball, Track, and Baseball teams travel all around the country in the summer. Those kids don't mind leaving their bubble.
Posted on 1/16/17 at 11:16 pm to BhamDore
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Basketball, Track, and Baseball teams travel all around the country in the summer. Those kids don't mind leaving their bubble.
frick you might have nailed it. I've wondered this as well, and this is the first answer I've heard that makes total sense.
Posted on 1/16/17 at 11:16 pm to forever lsu30
i'd say there are so few basketball scholarships compared to HS seniors that they would play anywhere...
in baseball there is not a single legit program in parts of the country... their best players would be stupid to stay at home
but every US kid no matter the sport at least thinks about where is best for his family to see him perform
in baseball there is not a single legit program in parts of the country... their best players would be stupid to stay at home
but every US kid no matter the sport at least thinks about where is best for his family to see him perform
Posted on 1/16/17 at 11:20 pm to forever lsu30
you're on the road for half the season in baseball no matter where you live
Posted on 1/16/17 at 11:22 pm to forever lsu30
Home is where the heart is
Anyone who doesn't play football has no chest, so . . . . no heart
Anyone who doesn't play football has no chest, so . . . . no heart
Posted on 1/16/17 at 11:24 pm to BhamDore
football players families go to their games.
tail gate parties.
the atmosphere is different.
maybe someone's mother goes to all her girls gymnastics events but it is not the same as the whole atmosphere around football.
tail gate parties.
the atmosphere is different.
maybe someone's mother goes to all her girls gymnastics events but it is not the same as the whole atmosphere around football.
Posted on 1/16/17 at 11:25 pm to BhamDore
I do think there's a socioeconomic factor at play here as well. A large amount of football recruits are lower on the socioeconomic scale so are more likely to stay close to their homes and support systems.
But for players in those situations in basketball and baseball the options are different. Baseball you can turn pro, and in basketball they might have already been away a lot and gotten a taste for something else like the other poster said.
But for players in those situations in basketball and baseball the options are different. Baseball you can turn pro, and in basketball they might have already been away a lot and gotten a taste for something else like the other poster said.
Posted on 1/16/17 at 11:31 pm to LfcSU3520
I agree with you until I think about the track athletes again.
HS track doesn't really travel all that far, aside from post season meets & state championships. Yet they gladly take off to TAMU, Oregon, Arkansas, Georgia, & LSU from no matter where they come from...
HS track doesn't really travel all that far, aside from post season meets & state championships. Yet they gladly take off to TAMU, Oregon, Arkansas, Georgia, & LSU from no matter where they come from...
Posted on 1/16/17 at 11:34 pm to forever lsu30
that could just be the quality of the program. It's not so much trying to win at the school, but access to the best coaches then setting you up for longer career success.
Posted on 1/16/17 at 11:34 pm to forever lsu30
Football recruiting is basically the only sport left where high schools and high school coaches control the 'game'... Every other sport out there recruiting goes through clubs (from girls soccer to men's bball).
This keeps it local... that plus the sheer numbers makes it more economically feasible for recruiting to remain more localized.
This keeps it local... that plus the sheer numbers makes it more economically feasible for recruiting to remain more localized.
Posted on 1/16/17 at 11:53 pm to forever lsu30
I think its more of a can vs. want
Posted on 1/17/17 at 12:42 am to BilJ
top football programs are spread across the country for the most part, so kids tend to stay more local. there are only a handful of top basketball, baseball, and track programs, so recruits are more willing to leave home than in football.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 1:10 am to forever lsu30
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Yet they gladly take off to TAMU, Oregon, Arkansas, Georgia, & LSU from no matter where they come from...
Programs matter much more in track than football.
It's like why the difference between UConn/Kentucky is much more stark in NCAAW than NCAAB.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 5:23 am to forever lsu30
Football kids would travel what 8 times, and then in the fall/winter when school is in session. Basketball and baseball play parts of their seasons in the summer.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 9:14 am to forever lsu30
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Yet the biggest, baddest, fastest, superstar recruits can't stand the idea of being more than a few hours away from momma/aunty/uncle/daddy/etc.
You must not frequent the LSU Recruiting Board very often.
If a highly rated kid from the state of Louisiana decides to take his talent elsewhere he is considered an enemy of the state and therefore not allowed to return after his playing days are over.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 10:02 am to forever lsu30
Football players, especially in the South, are often indoctrinated into wanting to be a part of their state's football program at an early age by the majority of the people around them. Basketball programs, for example, are usually much less of a cultural thing in most southern states. Those kids grow up watching nothing but SEC football on Saturdays. That is especially true in rural areas. All of those programs have resources, support, and a history of getting players to the NFL. Then you have the convenience factor for the family on top of that. The combination of those factors makes it hard for an out of region program to get a kid out of the south. They have to go above and beyond.
Football players in major urban areas follow much more of the trends seen in other sports, or at least it appears that way to me. Travel is easier for them, and they've been more exposed to other schools.
Football players in major urban areas follow much more of the trends seen in other sports, or at least it appears that way to me. Travel is easier for them, and they've been more exposed to other schools.
This post was edited on 1/17/17 at 10:05 am
Posted on 1/17/17 at 10:04 am to forever lsu30
Most come from lower income families who can't afford to fly halfway across the country to see their kid play every Saturday.
Once you're making millions in the NFL, that's no longer a problem.
Once you're making millions in the NFL, that's no longer a problem.
This post was edited on 1/17/17 at 10:05 am
Posted on 1/17/17 at 10:06 am to SabiDojo
Also, bag men are local. Shoe companies are national.
Posted on 1/17/17 at 10:10 am to forever lsu30
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pro football, the distance/destination is rarely an issue (unless it's like Buffalo or Cleveland...).
Well the answer right there is they are making a ton of money. Most people would move anywhere for a few million dollars.
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