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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This must differ by sport.  [b]In baseball, everyone knows there are teams you try to get into for D1 others for D3 and then many teams where you are just playing but almost nobody gets a college commitment.[/b]

Maybe there is this drama up until like 13, but nobody expects teams to stick together at 14+.  Also, everyone is fine being open because they know a D1 caliber is going to try to play for Richmond Braves platinum or Canes National or some equivalent while others aren’t.[/quote]

Actually… no, not “everyone” knows that.  There are lots of us *normal* parents out here who aren’t hyper-competitive, and we’re not all constantly researching and jostling for the biggest leg up for our kids.  Some of us put our kid on a travel team when they’re young because we like the vibe, and then we keep them on that travel team because the kids are all friends now.  Even if our kid is really talented.[/quote]

That’s complete BS.  Sorry, but especially with changes to baseball roster sizes and the relationships your travel coach needs to have with D1 coaches…you aren’t leaving your kid on the Primetime B team or the MVP C team just because you are all friends.

Your kid may not want the drama and pressure of D1 baseball…that’s absolutely true…but a different animal.

Heck, many D1 programs will take a rising JR HS commit and tell them they now have to play for the TBT Phillies or the Five Star National because those are the teams where they want their committed kids playing together.
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It’s not BS, you just misunderstood my point.  A lot of us literally *do not know* what the “premiere” teams are nor have we researched (or thought to research) because we’re happy where we are.

So there’s two reasons I would leave my kid on his current team, even though he would love to play D1 and is possibly D1 material.  But I come from a small town so I don’t have this jostling/competitive nature in my blood, so hopefully my kid will get a look at some point.

But it’s foolish to assume that *everybody* knows that you need all sorts of close personal relationships with “the right people” these days.  That’s not how it worked where I’m from in my day.[/quote]

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