[Football24_7]

Do you think if JJ Reddick told Coach K he was going to play football Coach K would say "I will sit you on the bench if you do".? I do not think so. A coach cannot keep a kid from playing anything.

I don't either. But this thread is about HIGH SCHOOL KIDS and HS BBALL PLAYERS that might not be giving themselves the best opportunity for college. I'm confused as to how your point ties in to that?

If a bball coach can keep a kid from playing fball then that kid loves bball more than fball. If a fball coach can do the same that kid loves football more than bball.

Not necessarily. The kid is, by the definition of being a kid...a KID! That means he does NOT (for the GREAT majority of kids) have the experience, knowledge, etc. to make clear decisions for HIMSELF. They are more often ruled by what feels right at the time.

And, kids trust ADULTS that appear to have knowledge beyond their own.

I feel that sometimes adults abuse this trust when they try to influence kids to "concentrate on one sport." And I think when a kid hears this, he should ask what that adult's TRUE motive is.

And, if a FOOTBALL coach tried to influence LeBron James that he should take the risk of injury and play FOOTBALL in addition to basketball, he is being SELF-SERVING TOO!!! LeBron is DEFINITELY DESTINED for basketball success at a higher level. I'm writing to kids whose destiny in bball is NOT that certain...NOT to defend football coaches' rights to influence kids THEIR way.

If the kid has good parents then this problem never occurrs

So is your point that ALL kids today have "good parents?"

I would say even the kids that have "good parents" aren't totally informed of the scholarship opportunities out there for football athletes.

My post was for kids that NEED good, factual advice about their future. If a kid has parents that DO know all that stuff, they don't need to waste time reading this thread...they've gotten the information from a much better source!

because a coach of any sport would never and I mean NEVER tell a child of mine he could not play a different sport. Once again, it is a kids decision and they ususally make it and blame the coach.

I'm VERY glad for YOUR kids (I'm NOT being facetious about that; I really AM thankful there are parents out there looking out for their kids' best interests). Unfortunately though, and if you work with kids every day like I do, I think you would agree that 1) kids don't always have great support from their parents and 2) that if left to a "kids decision," they won't always do what's best for them in the LONG RUN (since they are KIDS, after all).

Lets face it fball coaches need bball players because of skill positions and if they do not play the fball coaches are upset and blame guess who?

No argument here.

But my point is being made NOT to keep football coaches from "being upset" at not getting a kid. It's ONE-HUNDRED PERCENT to prevent any KID out there from being "upset" if one day they don't get that "basketball scholarship" they were misled into thinking they could get, and all the time, if they'd just have tried football, they MIGHT have gotten something in that sport to further their education (because, as I think I've proven with the numbers, there ARE greater opportunities out there for $$ in football).

Coaches are demanding people and when they do not get what they want they are ususally pretty upset.:coach:

Understand that well too...exactly why I think many bball coaches don't like their kids to know the real opportunities that exist out there for football. They get REALLLLLY upset in my experience when their best player or players aren't there on October 15 for the first day of bball practice -- they are coaches...and as you say, they are demanding people. But when that "demand" for winning is done at the expense of what's REALLY best in the long run for that kid, they have NO RIGHT to be "upset."

Just like a football coach would have no right to be 'upset' if the kid he tried to get to play says no when he has a MUCH better chance for a better opportunity in bball if that's all he plays (but I think there are VERY few kids i the whole country that fit in that category!).

Again, in the best interest of KIDS (not just "my sport"),
Football24_7