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Can someone explain to me what a “handler” is for these big time high school recruits
Posted on 6/24/21 at 9:10 am
Posted on 6/24/21 at 9:10 am
Seems like I see 10 or 20 high profile recruits in football and basketball every year with “handlers”? Any idea what that is? Agent, manager, guardian?
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Posted on 6/24/21 at 9:10 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
The bag man
Posted on 6/24/21 at 9:14 am to 504Voodoo
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The bag man
No.
The bag man is on the school side.
The handler is on the player side.
Posted on 6/24/21 at 9:14 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
Middleman between the player/family, shoe companies, coaches, bag men.
Posted on 6/24/21 at 9:14 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
The one who creates the go fund his family account and promises all these shoe deals
Posted on 6/24/21 at 9:14 am to 504Voodoo
Top recruits (say top 100) literally gets hundreds and hundreds of scholarship offers, sometimes starting at 8th grade.
So for the next five years you have coaches, recruiters, etc., doing what they can to get you on.
Handlers are the gate keepers. The days of sitting down with mommy and daddy and deciding where to go based off education first, sports second are long long gone.
Top College athletes are extremely self centered. They've been told they are above mortals there whole lives.
So for the next five years you have coaches, recruiters, etc., doing what they can to get you on.
Handlers are the gate keepers. The days of sitting down with mommy and daddy and deciding where to go based off education first, sports second are long long gone.
Top College athletes are extremely self centered. They've been told they are above mortals there whole lives.
Posted on 6/24/21 at 9:16 am to BearCrocs
quote:
Handlers are the gate keepers. The days of sitting down with mommy and daddy and deciding where to go based off education first, sports second are long long gone.
I feel like we wouldn't have the transfer portal bursting at the seams if these days came back a little bit.
Posted on 6/24/21 at 9:16 am to 504Voodoo
It used to be the high school coach was the main point of contact
Now, it's the people attaching themselves early in high school to these kids, go to a 7 on 7 event and it could be that guy that organizes those teams and brings them all over the country or the AAU coaches in basketball.
It's like that in most sports.
Another example, is most baseball recruiting is done at all these elite travel events during the summer.
Now, it's the people attaching themselves early in high school to these kids, go to a 7 on 7 event and it could be that guy that organizes those teams and brings them all over the country or the AAU coaches in basketball.
It's like that in most sports.
Another example, is most baseball recruiting is done at all these elite travel events during the summer.
Posted on 6/24/21 at 9:19 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
I have always considered them to be like an agent or mentor.
Posted on 6/24/21 at 9:19 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
A guy that manages their recruitment when their high school coaches or parents can’t
Posted on 6/24/21 at 9:23 am to BearCrocs
quote:
Top College athletes are extremely self centered. They've been told they are above mortals there whole lives.
*their
Posted on 6/24/21 at 9:27 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
Can I be the handler for my son, or does it have to be a non-relative? To date, not a single person at any college has shown interest in him, I just want to be ahead of it all.
Posted on 6/24/21 at 9:28 am to nicholastiger
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It used to be the high school coach was the main point of contact
Now, it's the people attaching themselves early in high school to these kids, go to a 7 on 7 event and it could be that guy that organizes those teams and brings them all over the country or the AAU coaches in basketball.
It's like that in most sports.
Another example, is most baseball recruiting is done at all these elite travel events during the summer.
that's it
they want cash under the table from boosters - cash for the kid and family and them
Posted on 6/24/21 at 9:31 am to Harry Rex Vonner
plus the chance to hang on and be part of their team if they do make it to the pros
Posted on 6/24/21 at 9:33 am to nicholastiger
Whoever they are, they are about to get a lot busier after July.
Posted on 6/24/21 at 9:34 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
An "uncle" who will eventually be sued when the player has burned through any pro money he makes
Posted on 6/24/21 at 9:35 am to diremustang
A handler is a pimp for an athlete.
Posted on 6/24/21 at 9:50 am to 504Voodoo
quote:
The bag man
Posted on 6/24/21 at 9:57 am to chalmetteowl
quote:And drives them across the country to different camps.
manages their recruitment when their high school coaches or parents can’t
Posted on 6/24/21 at 10:05 am to Hawgnsincebirth55
That’s the moocher that hands the money out to the other moochers.
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