Kids that claim they are recruited when they are not

[Anonymous]

DS knows of a kid that made a huge fanfare (as did their parents) of verbally committing to a college for their sport, when they weren’t recruited and only a walk on (and didn’t make the roster). A little nuts no? And my DS only knows because a friend of his plays in same conference as the ‘committed’ kid and asked about him when they played said college (seeing he wasn’t on the roster). “They were a walk on and didn’t make the roster”. The kid I can (at a push) almost just about get, but the parents posting all over the place when they must have known it was a complete lie. Bizarre, or is it quite common in this area?

[Anonymous]

Ever heard this

[Anonymous]

You know of one kid and what to know if this is "quite common", are you for real? If it was, you'd know many.

[Anonymous]

Why do you care? This literally has nothing to do with you or your kid.

[Anonymous]

OP do you truly want to know if this is common or do you just want people to pile on this kid like you are? My suggestion is that you get a life.

[Anonymous]

My son was a “preferred walk-on” meaning he was not given scholarship money but did get preferential admissions.

He easily could have been cut freshman year but he wasn’t and ended up staying and getting a scholarship. About 3 kids from his grade have the same story, but some got cut.

It’s a harsh and intense way to “apply” to college and there are no promises.

To me it does not seem odd or weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son was a “preferred walk-on” meaning he was not given scholarship money but did get preferential admissions.

He easily could have been cut freshman year but he wasn’t and ended up staying and getting a scholarship. About 3 kids from his grade have the same story, but some got cut.

It’s a harsh and intense way to “apply” to college and there are no promises.

To me it does not seem odd or weird.

This happened to my brother as well. OP seems petty AF.

[Anonymous]

This is a byproduct of the ‘everyone gets a trophy’ culture. Neither kids or parents can cope with failure.

Also for those piling on the OP, I think they are more focused on what the parents are thinking….or maybe those parents are on here

[Anonymous]

Okay

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a byproduct of the ‘everyone gets a trophy’ culture. Neither kids or parents can cope with failure.

Also for those piling on the OP, I think they are more focused on what the parents are thinking….or maybe those parents are on here

No, it's the bizarre question of "is this common?" OP knows it's not but just wanted to mock these people. She's being mean and petty and putting an innocent question at the end of the salacious story doesn't fool many.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS knows of a kid that made a huge fanfare (as did their parents) of verbally committing to a college for their sport, when they weren’t recruited and only a walk on (and didn’t make the roster). A little nuts no? And my DS only knows because a friend of his plays in same conference as the ‘committed’ kid and asked about him when they played said college (seeing he wasn’t on the roster). “They were a walk on and didn’t make the roster”. The kid I can (at a push) almost just about get, but the parents posting all over the place when they must have known it was a complete lie. Bizarre, or is it quite common in this area?

Yeah it’s common bro

[Anonymous]

All of this stuff can be verified via the internets so why do you care

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a byproduct of the ‘everyone gets a trophy’ culture. Neither kids or parents can cope with failure.

Also for those piling on the OP, I think they are more focused on what the parents are thinking….or maybe those parents are on here

It’s a by-product of the undue importance people place on kids’ sports. OP is an example of the crazy sports parent who is so involved in travel this or that that they are spending time thinking about and even posting about another kid in this way. That’s the bizarre thing.

[Anonymous]

You are a psycho OP

[Anonymous]

The bizarre thing is why some “parent” cares enough about another kid who the “parent” does not know to make a post about it.

Call the parents and see what’s up if you really cared. Or is just, I want to make fun of a kid or their parents?

A nice twist to see everyone making fun of OP.