{"id":3107,"date":"2015-09-09T11:52:03","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T16:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gridironstuds.com\/blog\/?p=3107"},"modified":"2015-09-10T08:57:43","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T13:57:43","slug":"why-recruiting-service-cant-be-all-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/why-recruiting-service-cant-be-all-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Recruiting Service Can’t Be ALL Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"By: Chad Wilson<\/strong>
\n Twitter: @GridironStuds<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perhaps I’ll stir up some nests with this article but my real hope is that it appeals to the common sense of most, the good sense of others and the reality for those that are left (fat chance on that one Chad!). \u00a0I have heard the word from some who think it’s ok to demonize those who charge “kids” for recruiting help. \u00a0Those that charge and do a good job are not the enemy my friend and I’ll explain to you why.<\/p>\n

There are several options when it comes to recruiting help. \u00a0Let me lay them out to you. \u00a0First you can get recruiting help for free. \u00a0Nothing really wrong with that unless you expect that help to be of strong quality. \u00a0Let’s take a look at this. \u00a0If the help is of strong quality then it will at some point be in high demand. If it’s in high demand then it seems many will be using it. \u00a0If many are using it then how much help can it be? \u00a0Those offering free help are usually doing so with great intentions. \u00a0However, \u00a0free recruiting help being used by the masses often means sending out a link to your highlight tape along with basic\u00a0information on you typically through social media. \u00a0That’s harmless. \u00a0However, \u00a0it has limited effectiveness when hundreds are being helped this way. \u00a0Hopefully a school will notice your link, click on it and watch you. \u00a0Simple math and probability says the more that use it, the less of a chance that is. \u00a0A service like this is good but goes best when accompanied by additional help. \u00a0For free services to get more in-depth, \u00a0it would need the help of additional people and additional people need to be paid and where’s that money going to come from? \u00a0This is simple economics at work, \u00a0supply, demand and compensation.<\/p>\n

Second, \u00a0there are services that don’t charge the “kid” but charge the colleges. \u00a0On the surface this sounds great. \u00a0The recruit doesn’t have to pay for anything, \u00a0the recruiting service gets funds to operate and everything seems like Heaven. \u00a0Here’s the other shoe that’s about to drop. \u00a0A service paid by the schools only, will never have every school as a customer. \u00a0In fact, \u00a0they will only have a handful of schools as a customer. \u00a0So, \u00a0guess who that recruiting service is going to send your information to. Guess where that recruiting service needs to steer you to in order to keep that college as a customer. \u00a0This is common sense. \u00a0So for example, \u00a0the best place for you, the recruit, to go to is Utah but they are not a customer of \u00a0this recruiting service so Utah won’t get your information. \u00a0Instead, \u00a0your information will be sent to Syracuse. \u00a0Perhaps Syracuse is not a fit for you but they are paying that recruiting service $5,000 per year so guess where you are going. \u00a0Services like this, while they may help, don’t have you as their priority. \u00a0It’s a tale of common sense.<\/p>\n

Finally, \u00a0there are the services that charge the recruit for help. \u00a0Those are the ones that people with an agenda like to make the enemy. \u00a0You hear things like “oh how could you charge the kids?”, “Unbelievable that you would take money from a kid to help them!” and an assortment of other things. \u00a0Cast a deaf ear to that noise. \u00a0Recruiting services are\u00a0entitled to charge a “kid” the same way that a trainer is entitled to charge a “kid”. \u00a0Both services are in the business of helping the individual that stands to gain the most and that’s …… \u00a0you got it, “the kid”. \u00a0As with the first two examples, \u00a0there are business in this category that don’t do a good job. \u00a0It is in your best interest for you to do your research to determine who provides quality work and who does not. \u00a0This is like anything else you pursue in life. \u00a0You, the recruit, try to find out who’s a good coach, what’s a good school, who makes great shoes, games, etc. \u00a0Same applies here. \u00a0However, \u00a0a service that charges “the kid” now works for the kid. \u00a0If they are to stay in business, \u00a0they must serve the interest of the kid. \u00a0They are not limited in the schools they can approach and since money means limited customers, \u00a0it means you don’t get lost in the shuffle of 1,000’s upon 1,000’s of customers. \u00a0This is not rocket science, \u00a0I promise.<\/p>\n

GridironStuds.com provides free services for potential college football recruits. \u00a0It’s free to create a profile on our site and add your highlight video. \u00a0With college coaches visiting the site, \u00a0you do have the chance for a coach to see your information. \u00a0On top of that, \u00a0we also offer “premium” services. \u00a0You know what premium means. \u00a0This means you need to pay and it also means you get more in-depth help with your recruiting situation. \u00a0That means we are going to put in some extra work to get you seen by colleges. \u00a0It also means we are going to do it right. \u00a0So the morale of the story is, \u00a0there’s nothing wrong with free as the headline may have suggested just taper your expectations when you go this route. \u00a0You may get help from a service that charges the schools and not you but you will severely narrow the choices and finally, \u00a0a service that charges recruits is not the devil, \u00a0it’s actually the one by circumstance that has the biggest burden of helping the intended subject and that is “the kid”!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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