@Gridironstuds<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nThe day to day march through the Internet gathering information on recruits runs me into an on going theme for for college football recruits. \u00a0The theme is playing time, also know as PT.<\/p>\n
You will hear many of your top recruits talking about a desire for early playing time as a factor in where they will make their decision. \u00a0What I have noticed as a common response by fans to this factor is that the recruit is “afraid of competition”. \u00a0This is not the case.<\/p>\n
With each passing year, \u00a0recruits and their parents are becoming more educated on the recruiting process. \u00a0The proliferation of recruiting websites reporting the ins and outs of the recruiting business have given parents and recruits alike an insight into how things work. \u00a0Now, more than ever, schools are able to cast a wider net in acquiring recruits and through the internet they are able to gauge interests while educating recruits about what their school has to offer. \u00a0In the past, recruits were pretty much relegated to choosing from schools in their immediate area because they knew precocious little about schools elsewhere. \u00a0They did not have the ability \u00a0to learn about other programs nor did they have a budget that would allow them to travel to many of the schools interested in them. \u00a0This is no longer the case.<\/p>\n
Choosing a program is a business decision for the recruit just as it is for the program. \u00a0In making that business decision, \u00a0recruits must determine their role in the program recruiting them and match it up against the others that are in the race. \u00a0If a program is stock piled with young All-Americans at a recruit’s position then it is only natural that another program that has less traffic at their position would become more desirable. \u00a0NFL salaries are a common known fact nowadays. \u00a0Kids are choosing a school in hopes that someday they can earn their chance at the huge pot of gold that seems to be the NFL. \u00a0Their athletic prowess is their livelihood. \u00a0After all, aren’t the non-athletes choosing schools based on the ability of that school to set them up for a career post graduation?<\/p>\n
The NFL is plucking talent from any and everywhere these days. \u00a0The first overall pick in the 2013 NFL draft was from Central Michigan, a Mid-American Conference school (MAC). \u00a0Kids are paying attention and are realizing that playing early and making your mark increases your chances of becoming a draft pick when your college playing days are up. \u00a0So looking for a school that provides the best opportunity to do that would seem to be a wise business decision for many of the prospective recruits. \u00a0College coaches are selling their depth chart in the recruiting process so one should not be shocked when you hear a kid say I am looking for early playing time.<\/p>\n
When a recruit shuns your school, \u00a0this not should be greeted with chants that a kid is “afraid of competition”. \u00a0What is really happening is a kid making a business decision and using his leverage and options to arrive at the best decision for his future. \u00a0This may be a tough pill for a hard core fan to swallow as there seems precious little reason in your mind for a recruit not to love your school as much as you do. \u00a0Putting on your “I’m a Human Being” hat, \u00a0you have to see it from the kid’s point of view.<\/p>\n
Saying a kid wanting early playing time is a problem may be quite the opposite. \u00a0In some cases you may need to worry about a kid who could care less about getting on the field. \u00a0That player may be looking to just grab the education and not go all out to be a contributor to the on-field success of a program. \u00a0Of course, there are kids that don’t care about the depth chart and will put their best foot forward just like there will be kids who are indeed afraid of competition. However, \u00a0let’s not be absolute in our assessment of these young recruits. \u00a0You may just be completely wrong about them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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