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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Haven't read all the posts. Warning I'm gonna be a Debby Downer. Read up on head injuries and soccer. It's not just football players dealing with cognitive issues from too many head injuries.[/quote]

This. OP your decision is not a hard one or a big deal. There are plenty of people in your exact place, including me. My son is your son's age and is very good at sports(tennis, football, baseball, basketball) in general. He also test in the 99% NNAt and does very well in academics. We've been approach about sending him to a tennis academy in Florida but for many reasons, it would be a good idea for him, plus, we cannot afford the cost. We would have to mortgage our home. Anyway, he is vey good for his age in basketball. We are being pursued as well. There's no downside to this bar an injury. My son has made the decision to pursue an NBA(yep) career. And if he doesn't get drafted by 21, he will go to Stanford or Princeton and get an MBA and go into business for himself. There's nothing to lose in our opinion. He is a very driven and intensely focussed kid. He will do what he wants and succeed at it or die trying. I guess, I am trying to tell you, it is not that special for a kid to be both talented in sport and academic. People just don't encourage their kids in sport sometimes if they're strong in academics because they worry about the dumb jock image and because sport is a risky route. [/quote]

What great news. I didn't realize that if you got passed over by the draft, you automatically had your choice of elite colleges. [/quote]

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