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I agree but does everyone realize less than 4% of graduating senior football players will receive any kind of football scholarship.!!!!

My oldest one went on to play NAIA baseball, the first year I believe his scholarship was for 3000 a semester, by his Senior year it was around 6 or 7000 a semester. Most of this money was academic scholarships that he could have got at any school he chose to go to.He could of payed in state tuition at a state school for less than we payed the private school, meaning we basically payed to play baseball for four years. But this was his dream, and is something that he will always cherish. My middle one which was my best athlete by along shot had small school scholarship offers in swimming, tennis , and cheerleading. She chose not to play sports because she had seen the the sacrifice her brother had given. Went on to college and by her third year was on her fourth major, we hope to be graduating after six years this May, my fingers are crossed.LOL. My youngest one which I held back, telling my self it was to get some separation between her sister going into college, but really it was just to keep her around a little longer so her mother and I could enjoy our kids childhood a little longer. She had NAIA basketball scholarship offers. She chose not to play for some of the same reason her sister did, and none of the schools that offered had the major that she was pursuing. She also earned over 10,000 in academic scholarships last year alone. She is now in second year of college and set on her major and should graduate in four years. I know all kids are different, but I think holding her back let her mature a little more giving her time to decide on what she wanted to do in life. This is something that I would do again and again.My biggest regret was that I didn't hold my other two back.