Feeling Blues - Relegation Time

espola said:
Money has everything to do with money. Is Rodman suddenly poor?
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You are either dense, don't have a kid who was recruited and got money, never played a D1 sport yourself, have no connections to the team in question, you are just a contrarian, or all of the above.

I am sharing with you what I know. You can deny it or question it or whatever. It doesn't make it any less true...
 
MakeAPlay said:
You are either dense, don't have a kid who was recruited and got money, never played a D1 sport yourself, have no connections to the team in question, you are just a contrarian, or all of the above.

I am sharing with you what I know. You can deny it or question it or whatever. It doesn't make it any less true...
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My second kid got 5 offers, only one of which was insufficient for us to afford the school. As it turned out, we went with the second-biggest offer (and perhaps best net) so he could go to the school he wanted. I know for a fact (because I know the parents) that two of the recruited players in his Freshman class got no money because the parents put it into their application appeal. My older son was also recruited at a California D2 school with no money, but a promise of guaranteed admission and roster spot.

Soccer is not a headcount sport where a player gets either all or nothing - it's an equivalent sport where the coach can (and usually must to have a decent roster) split the allowed 10.9 scholarships (that's the boys' number, I know the girls' is bigger) any way he wants.

So how do you know about the "money" she is getting?
 
MakeAPlay said:
Umm she is getting money.... Money has nothing to do with need and everything to do with ability.
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Rodman's daughter is athletic and a YNT player (I am being redundant). She would get plenty of money from many schools, and even more offers if she is a decent student (which she likely is -- her father may seem increasingly crazy, but he was demonstrably smart in his basketball marketing and play, and way ahead of his time). She has earned whatever offer UCLA made her.

As for your later statement, I disagree. I think many top colleges try to balance talent and need when it comes to allocating scholarship money. And some parents/players in more favorable financial positions, even very talented players, make it clear that money is not the deciding factor when it comes to marketing themselves to their child's first choice school.
 
Dos Equis said:
Rodman's daughter is athletic and a YNT player (I am being redundant). She would get plenty of money from many schools, and even more offers if she is a decent student (which she likely is -- her father may seem increasingly crazy, but he was demonstrably smart in his basketball marketing and play, and way ahead of his time). She has earned whatever offer UCLA made her.

As for your later statement, I disagree. I think many top colleges try to balance talent and need when it comes to allocating scholarship money. And some parents/players in more favorable financial positions, even very talented players, make it clear that money is not the deciding factor when it comes to marketing themselves to their child's first choice school.
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US Soccer has her listed as U14 National Development Program, which I assume she has aged out of. No YNT appearance listed.

https://www.ussoccer.com/players/r/trinity-rodman#tab-1

Smells like PR.
 
Most kids would not want to switch high schools unless there are some kind of extenuating circumstances like bullying. Kind of hard to imagine kids with that much athletic talent being bullied.
 
Soccer43 said:
I thought the general rule here was not to discuss details of an individual minor player?
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The school and/or family put out a press release. Start from there.

For reference as to admissibility, discuss the 13-year-old "professional" player in discussion recently here.
 
outside! said:
Most kids would not want to switch high schools unless there are some kind of extenuating circumstances like bullying. Kind of hard to imagine kids with that much athletic talent being bullied.
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A player in our local area who is also on the U16 YNT switched from a public to private school because of her many absences related to soccer.
 
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