[Football24_7]

There are 1491 basketball playing colleges/univ. at the NCAA, NAIA, NCCAA, USCAA, and CIS levels. Thats not counting the NJCAA.

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But remember, this post is about ADULTS trying to influence young, impressionable KIDS that they should focus on ONE sport.

That when they do so, it is SHORT-SIGHTED (not worried about the kid's FUTURE), it is SELF-SERVING (giving THEIR sport the best chance to win without considering what COULD be best for the kid), and it is often MISLEADING (for instance, stating ONLY the numbers of bball-playing colleges there are and leaving out the total NUMBERS OF SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE at those schools as compared to FOOTBALL).

Your points, I feel, continue to be of the MISLEADING type.

The point of my original thread, was to point out that bball doesn't offer anywhere near the same SCHOLARSHIP opportunity for athletes 6'0 or so taller. That if you've been told so by a coach or someone else, you should at least have the FACTS as to what's out there.

And BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE (hs graduation), YOU SHOULD AT LEAST CONSIDER -- WITH ALL THE **FACTS** AVAILABLE -- TRYING HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL since it DOES -- by the FACTS -- offer the MOST scholarship opportunities for taller athletes.

It is NOT to simply argue HOW MANY colleges play which sport.

To really make the counter-argument here, you've got to provide some APPLES-TO-APPLES numbers. You just keep saying how many SCHOOLS there are that offer basketball. To make your argument better, you would need to give some NUMBERS of
* FULL scholarships available at all those bball schools (and remember, those numbers go WAAAAAAAAYYYYY down as you go down the ladder to NAIA, NCAA D-2, USCAA, and CIS...also remember, there are FOOTBALL PROGRAMS at many of those schools that also give scholarships -- and give more than their counterparts in basketball per school).
* PARTIAL scholarships given at all those bball schools WITH the difference in cost-out-of-pocket to families (since MOST of those schools offering partials are PRIVATE colleges).
* then, give COMPARE those numbers DIRECTLY with football (and not in some "misleading" way).

In the best interest of the futures of KIDS (and not just "my sport"),
Football24_7