[Football24_7]

Lets be real for a moment. Do you honestly think a if a kid was very good at basketball and the coach said he better not play football, the basketball coach would sit him out if he played?

No, I do not...and I have seen it play out in real life as you say.

BUT...

...this thread is about how ADULTS can be INFLUENTIAL to KIDS...NOT that bball coaches purposefully DON'T PLAY their best players if they play bball (I don't recall that ever even being a point made anywhere in the thread -- though I do know for a FACT of certain bball coaches that DO tell kids considering football that "it will hurt your chances at more playing time/starting/etc." if they're playing football and missing out on the first few weeks of bball practice at the very beginning...and then, as you say, they play them ANYWAY!!! Proving they were just saying it to be MISLEADING and LIE to a KID for their own SELF-SERVING reasons).

I loved all 3 sports and I never cared what a coach said about the other sports because I was going to play regardless. Do not make this an issue between coaches and sports beacuse to play or not to play is an individuals choice with input from the parents!!

But isn't it somewhat naive, don't you think, to assume that EVERY kid is as 1) self-assured as you were and 2) blessed with parents who realize the real facts about what opportunities are out there in athletics beyond HS?

I have seen firsthand good athletes not wanting to play football but they were begged to play by the fball coaches so they would tell everyone that the bball coach told us not to play to get them off their back

Perfectly understand that, and agree, FOOTBALL ISN'T FOR EVERYONE! FB coaches should TRY to encourage the best athletes in their school to try football, I believe,
1...because it can help the OTHER football players on their team achieve the best season possible
2...because it could open up opportunities beyond HS that "concentrating on one sport" MIGHT not.

But you're right, if the kid does not WANT to try football, he should never be HASSLED about it beyond being asked and presented with the potential advantages of doing so.

But, as I'll concede that, wouldn't YOU concede that a BBALL coach should never be INFLUENCED by a bball coach to "concentrate on JUST bball?"

If you can't concede that, would you mind stating why?

Thanks, and in the best interest of kids (not just "my sport"),
Football24_7