National Letter of Intent Day

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Who knows. Club of my dc was not happy that she turned down D1 offer for higher level academic offer. What a pita. Made her feel bad and that she had made an unwise choice.

So much time money dedication and energy for years to be treated like that? I was really disappointed in club. I hired them to help her achieve her dream, not their dream. The clubs look after their interests. Make sure you look out for your player's interests.

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Anonymous wrote:Are there any clubs that offer there own players a scholarship lets say $500 to whatever school they plan to attend to basically inflate their placement numbers?

Are you serious?
WTF

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Anonymous wrote:Who knows. Club of my dc was not happy that she turned down D1 offer for higher level academic offer. What a pita. Made her feel bad and that she had made an unwise choice.

So much time money dedication and energy for years to be treated like that? I was really disappointed in club. I hired them to help her achieve her dream, not their dream. The clubs look after their interests. Make sure you look out for your player's interests.

And your DD DID achieve her dream. What more do you want?

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Its ceremonial. A photo op.
know it will never happen - but - I would like the clubs to post the amount of scholarship money rewarded per recruitment class. I bet that would change a lot of parents perspectives. Here’s the reality - either you pay to play in college or they pay you to play

Although that’s a zippy sounding phrase, it doesn’t really make a lot of sense given that you pay to go to college whether you play a sport or not, in most cases.

Your pipe dream re clubs publishing scholarship amounts by class would certainly provide months of entertainment on DCUM every year, or maybe just the first day of the first time because posters would violate player privacy every which way while debating which kids were good enough to earn X dollars of the club’s posted scholarship total. That being said, if you are in the club and your kid is recruited, you will probably have a good idea for your kid’s class. Kids talk freely about this stuff amongst themselves, IME, and parents reach out to other parents who have been through the process for advice.

Breathe - I’m talking yearly lump sum - not by player. And no, it will never happen. My point is that young parents typically see a big name school and assume that the club is turning out extraordinary players which in turn leads to interest in the club.

There is a massive reality check when you know the offers being given.

Why are you concerned about my breathing? Unless this is your very first day ever reading or posting on DCUM (?), you can’t be this clueless. What do you think would happen if say, FCV, posted the aggregate athletic scholarship number for the committed players in the class of 2022, along with their list of commits? Posters here (and the overly-keen elsewhere) would absolutely post their guesses about what percentage of the aggregate each player was receiving, and insult the abilities of individual players while doing so. Everyone else would be here with the popcorn until Jeff shut it all down.

Besides, I’m not sure who would be helped in your hypothetical scenario. It’s not clear why you think that all parents of young players are ignorant about how the recruiting process works, including the odds of getting significant scholarships. Most every soccer parent I know has a pretty good handle on the cost-benefit analysis or doesn’t care about a return on investment at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Are there any clubs that offer there own players a scholarship lets say $500 to whatever school they plan to attend to basically inflate their placement numbers?

No.

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Anonymous wrote:Who knows. Club of my dc was not happy that she turned down D1 offer for higher level academic offer. What a pita. Made her feel bad and that she had made an unwise choice.

So much time money dedication and energy for years to be treated like that? I was really disappointed in club. I hired them to help her achieve her dream, not their dream. The clubs look after their interests. Make sure you look out for your player's interests.


What club was that? Ridiculous! They should be called out publicly.

[Anonymous]

I am less interested in local scholarships and amounts than the averages for a given school. That sort of info is useful to gauge expectations and offers for prospective recruits. Scholarshipstats.com has a pretty comprehensive listing, but it is dated and the sources are somewhat dubious. The NCAA has this information, but it is not generally available.

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Anonymous wrote:I am less interested in local scholarships and amounts than the averages for a given school. That sort of info is useful to gauge expectations and offers for prospective recruits. Scholarshipstats.com has a pretty comprehensive listing, but it is dated and the sources are somewhat dubious. The NCAA has this information, but it is not generally available.

I don’t understand?

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Why is the amount of scholarship money anyone’s business outside of the family paying that money

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Anonymous wrote:VDA Girls with an impressive 13 commitments - https://www.soccerwire.com/news/virginia-development-academy-vda-celebrates-2022-college-commitments/
- 2 George Washington
- 2 Wake Forest
- 2 Davidson
- Marshall
- Campbell
- Loyola
- Mount Olive
- Air Force
- JMU
- South Carolina

FCV and McLean with more commitments and better commitments!

And one came from FCV. Just for this year to VDA

These are way better than FCV

The one that was at FCV and went to VDA was at VDA before FCV.

But regardless….it’s their time to shine. Congratulations to all the kids, regardless of club….best of luck.

That one that came from FCV came from VDA first. Spent a year and half at FCV then moved back.

3 years

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Anonymous wrote:Why is the amount of scholarship money anyone’s business outside of the family paying that money

It’s not.

The point is that people read the headlines and not the story.

My post are in reference to the poster who wants to push that FCV has better commitments then everyone else based on strength of college program.

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Anonymous wrote:Not with any of these top clubs but based on what I’ve seen on social media, FCV placed girls in more top tier schools. They get a lot hate but they definitely are doing something right regardless of what league they play in.

FCV has several players committed to Virginia Tech.

VT and VMI and a bunch of lower level schools (Towsend anyone??)
VDA has Wake, George Washington, South Carolina, JMU

First time EVER, VDA has a good committed team. Remind yourself if it wasn’t for the players’ prior teams VDA’s list would be George Washington!

[Anonymous]

The ad thing is none of these parents will have a draft party or announcement of their DC going pro. Heck many won't have a DC playing more than 1 or 2 yrs college.

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Anonymous wrote:Not with any of these top clubs but based on what I’ve seen on social media, FCV placed girls in more top tier schools. They get a lot hate but they definitely are doing something right regardless of what league they play in.

FCV has several players committed to Virginia Tech.

VT and VMI and a bunch of lower level schools (Towsend anyone??)
VDA has Wake, George Washington, South Carolina, JMU

First time EVER, VDA has a good committed team. Remind yourself if it wasn’t for the players’ prior teams VDA’s list would be George Washington!

Well that’s not true but misleading for dramatic effect is typical in 2021. But honestly, those GW commits probably got more money then your entire team combined.

FCWalkon

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Anonymous wrote:I am less interested in local scholarships and amounts than the averages for a given school. That sort of info is useful to gauge expectations and offers for prospective recruits. Scholarshipstats.com has a pretty comprehensive listing, but it is dated and the sources are somewhat dubious. The NCAA has this information, but it is not generally available.

What do you mean by “averages,” PP? Whether the school gives out the full 9.9 for men and 14 for women vs a percentage of the allowable total? That info is surprisingly hard to come by, but many of us can give you some answers based on our kids’ or their friends’ recent recruiting experiences. Or are you wondering if Coach X at school Y prefers to give 28 girls 50% scholarships vs 4 girls 100% and the remaining various lesser amounts? I don’t think there is any way to find that out unless your kid is being recruited or you are close to families with kids on the team.