[KentuckyHillBilly5321]

I don't know where you live at but around here its football coaches that influence kids to play only football. I know for a fact that this year a kid was asked to go ahead and have a minor surgery during baskebtall season so he could be ready for spring football practice. This kid is a starter on the freshmen and JV basketball team. Football is not the only sport.........


And odds are not against you, there are 5 times the amount of schools that play basketball D-1(118 football vs 334 basketball) alone, That number grows as you drop level D-II, D-III, NAIA because schools don't have football.

WAKE UP, there is more to life than football.........

Next--you need to read your own posts and realize that your "basketball only" mentality is much worse than where I am coming from.

Did you ever stop to account for the fact that there is also D1A, D2, D3, NAIA football as well? Do the math--there is a LOT more scholarship spots available for football in comparison with basketball. Like I said--do the math before you spout off about things that you obviously know nothing about.

And the funny thing is--you ASSUMED that I was against basketball. I am not. I come from the "play every sport and be an athlete" mentality.

But--it is my experience--(12 years coaching 3 different sports) that BASKETBALL coaches and programs are BY FAR THE WORST at trying to get kids to concentrate on one sport--to the point where they threaten to kick the kids off the team. You don't see that from football alot.

I am at a school where football is KING--8 state championships in the past 15 years--and we ENCOURAGE all of our kids to play as many sports as possible WITHOUT RETRIBUTION. But--the other school that I coach at--will not even allow their basketball players to run track (which would REALLY help with their conditioning or jump--which would help with other areas of the game).

You need to do a little more research before you ASSUME anything about me or my thought process. I would say that your post was pretty weak considering that you have no clue who I am or what I think.