The Clarion Ledger has an excellent article on the cost of getting recruited

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We all know the travel ball parents that use the "college scholarship" excuse to make it sound like spending thousands is legitimate.

This feature follows three kids in the Jackson Metro area

A 4-star cornerback that will choose between Alabama, Florida State, Oregon and MSU on Wednesday.

A talented inner city player who will probably have to go to a junior college

A private school athlete that despite going through the process, will enroll as a normal student in the fall.

Some excerpts:

Parents can spend thousands of dollars traveling to the various combines and camps hoping that their child will perform well enough to be noticed.

“If I had of known, I wouldn’t have gave that kid a football,” said Sabrina Givens, Knott’s mother, with a laugh. “We would’ve took up something else. I don’t know, maybe he could’ve collected baseball cards?”

“I know for a fact that when we started this, we spent about $9,000 on travel to camps and that was just going into his 11th-grade year,” Givens said. “In the end, with everything, you’re looking at about close to $15-20,000.”

“Probably college tuition,” Connie said. “You do what you choose to do, and you don’t have to go to every camp. We were very fortunate that we could give him what he wanted at the time. We realize not everybody can do that.”