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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does Prep have a similar issue with Diamond Skills baseball? The Prep coach seems like a good guy.  [/quote]

Interestingly the Prep coach is a co-owner of Diamond Skills with the Gibbs brothers but does not require his players to play for Diamond Skills. Maybe he recognizes it's wrong to shake down his players' families, or maybe the adults in charge at Prep have told him he can't do it. Dunno. But something that's pretty telling about the quality of the Diamond Skills program is that very few Prep kids choose to play. If you read through the 9 pages of comments above, a lot of people seem to agree that it's natural to believe athletes who play for their coach's travel program would get preferential treatment in the school season. So you'd think the Prep kids would choose to play for Diamond Skills. Nope. Given a choice, they go out and find a better alternative. But SJC kids are forced to do it or get kicked out of the program. That should be all you need to know.[/quote]

This is a huge conflict of interest. As a baseball coach I get tons of requests to give a private lesson or evaluation. If it’s a kid that plays for me I won’t do it. I’ll make a recommendation to have them see someone I trust, but I’m certainly not going to accept money for fear alone of how it can be perceived. I suppose I have morals. :D 
The only reason a coach would be so bold as to do something like this is if it’s supported by the institution that employs them. Christian brotherhood my ass.[/quote]

+1  I'm thankful that there are people like you with morals.  [b]I clicked on this thread because I know of the St. John's soccer coach and know some of the kids who play for him[/b], but I'm now completely fascinated by the baseball story.  These descriptions of what's happening to that program are horrifying, and I hope more star players and their families can get involved to change the culture there.  I can't believe it has been allowed to go on for so long. [/quote]

For the soccer team, he has one exceptional player from his club and the rest are a mixed bag, no better or worse than the rest of the team.  Seems like if you put a few grand in his pocket and your kid is a freshman starting on varsity.  It’s equally horrifying. 
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