[Fly Like a Duck]

My experiences are the complete opposite. It has been the football coaches in my past that have pushed their players to play one sport. It has taken away from the basketball and especially from the baseball programs.

I guess it depends on where you are, but from my experiences, the baseball and football coaches have gotten along and shared their athetes very well.

On the flip side of that, I can't say that I blame them. I mean, it doesnt take a genius to figure out that whether you are watching UK or Kentucky Christian; 6'0 and under kids (especially those that are white) aren't playing college basketball (very few across the board at any level), anywhere. And, if they are, it sure as heck isn't in the numbers of them that are playing baseball and football at the next levels. Anybody that doesn't see that is kidding themselves.

I'm a pro multiple sport guy, but it just breaks my heart to see this 'joe average kids' (you know the types...the 6'0 and under kid who averages 20 pts/game on a 20+ win team, good jump shot, no vertical and the type of kid who are a dime a dozen) who pour their heart and soul; all of their eggs into basketball, then comes the end of their senior year and they're not going anywhere? Whereas if they would have had somebody(s) be realistic with them to play other sports instead of thinking the days of Rupp are coming back.

Do you have any idea the Full 4 Year scholarship allotments that Div. 1 and Div. 2 baskeball programs are alloted every 4 years and do you have any idea on the number of full 4 year scholarships that are alloted to every Division 1, 1-AA and Division 2 football programs across the country?

But, since you brought up football, what kills me is hearing parents give the "Well, he plays basketball and not football because he isn't big enough." Really? Are people that naive?