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Post by P10lurker on Mar 12, 2007 12:23:59 GMT -5
Dr. Hookares a geneticist from Duke has successfully isolated the ‘volleyball’ gene, if found in the DNA he believes this gene will influence the physical development and attributes of future volleyball stars.
A ‘Jane Doe’s’ fetus in California was found to have this ‘volleyball’ gene, it has been reported but not confirmed that Stanford has offered this unborn fetus a scholarship for the year 2026.
“Know one really knows the true potential or ceiling of an athlete, whether it is a fetus or a 15 year old, both can succeed of fail miserably at the collegiate level”, said Dr. Hookares.
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Post by bigfan on Mar 12, 2007 13:36:16 GMT -5
The NCAA needs to legislate a rule that athletes cannot commit until they are seniors. this whole crecruiting business has been out of control in college football for years and now it is bleebing into womens volleyball.
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Post by BearClause on Mar 12, 2007 14:06:39 GMT -5
The NCAA needs to legislate a rule that athletes cannot commit until they are seniors. this whole crecruiting business has been out of control in college football for years and now it is bleebing into womens volleyball. However - the problem is that verbal commitments are unofficial and nonbinding. The only way of eliminating early commitments would be to severely limit (perhaps prohibit) contacts with recruits until after the junior year of HS.
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Post by mrhand on Mar 12, 2007 14:59:49 GMT -5
The NCAA needs to legislate a rule that athletes cannot commit until they are seniors. this whole crecruiting business has been out of control in college football for years and now it is bleebing into womens volleyball. However - the problem is that verbal commitments are unofficial and nonbinding. The only way of eliminating early commitments would be to severely limit (perhaps prohibit) contacts with recruits until after the junior year of HS. Unofficials / verbals are nonbinding, but most of the time they're based on a college coach telling them they'll give them a scholie. You have to eliminate any coach telling athletes they'll get a scholarship
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Post by BearClause on Mar 12, 2007 15:18:26 GMT -5
However - the problem is that verbal commitments are unofficial and nonbinding. The only way of eliminating early commitments would be to severely limit (perhaps prohibit) contacts with recruits until after the junior year of HS. Unofficials / verbals are nonbinding, but most of the time they're based on a college coach telling them they'll give them a scholie. You have to eliminate any coach telling athletes they'll get a scholarship The question then is how does that get enforced. I thought that the NCAA didn't particularly want to get into this.
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Post by vbcrazy on Mar 12, 2007 15:20:23 GMT -5
Remember also when an athlete so young commits so early, the choice of which school to attend is most likely a result of parental influence. If either of Fuller's parents are USC alumni and their daughter had the opportunity to be a Trojan....never mind on a scholie which covers the $40-$60K per year, there is no questions where she would commit. Attila the Hun could have been the coach, it would not make a difference.
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Post by StanfordFan on Mar 12, 2007 15:26:04 GMT -5
I don't know about that. Hypothetically, if I had a daughter and she got a full ride to play at Stanford under Dunning, yeah, she'd be there. But if Dunning were replaced with someone who was abusive or who I didn't think had the best interest of his/her players in mind, I definitely wouldn't let my daughter go there, Stanford or not. Remember also when an athlete so young commits so early, the choice of which school to attend is most likely a result of parental influence. If either of Fuller's parents are USC alumni and their daughter had the opportunity to be a Trojan....never mind on a scholie which covers the $40-$60K per year, there is no questions where she would commit. Attila the Hun could have been the coach, it would not make a difference.
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Post by BearClause on Mar 12, 2007 15:38:01 GMT -5
Remember also when an athlete so young commits so early, the choice of which school to attend is most likely a result of parental influence. If either of Fuller's parents are USC alumni and their daughter had the opportunity to be a Trojan....never mind on a scholie which covers the $40-$60K per year, there is no questions where she would commit. Attila the Hun could have been the coach, it would not make a difference. I heard about that exact scenario with Colby Lyman going to UCLA. Her dad played football at UCLA while her mom was a cheerleader there. I met her father Brad when UCLA came to play Cal in 2004. I'd heard Cal had been recruiting her and asked him how close she would have been to choosing Cal. He said there was no way since he and her mom heavily influenced her decision. He added that they would have made sure their Son Chase would have played football at UCLA if he were offered a football scholarship there. He wasn't, so he ended up taking a football scholarship at Cal.
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Post by P10lurker on Mar 12, 2007 17:19:08 GMT -5
If the trend continues with early commitments you will see an upward trend with transferring.
Every top tiered athlete offered a scholarship by any top tiered university is already being replaced before the ink has dried.
Look at UCLA or any top 10 school, most of their benches could start at many D-1 schools.
The choice is, are you selecting a school for the education or to play volleyball.
Many hard lessons learned and big risks by athletes and coaches.
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Post by iknowiu on Mar 12, 2007 19:41:17 GMT -5
VBCRAZY....wrong about parental influence and EARLY committments. My daughter committed before junior year. We had visited a number of schools...and she had other on-the-spot offers. The choice was totally hers...she made it for academic reasons alone...and I would have chosen differently. So much for parental influence.
However, her decision was a great one academically. Still...not my 1st choice.
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Post by BearClause on Mar 12, 2007 19:58:44 GMT -5
VBCRAZY....wrong about parental influence and EARLY committments. My daughter committed before junior year. We had visited a number of schools...and she had other on-the-spot offers. The choice was totally hers...she made it for academic reasons alone...and I would have chosen differently. So much for parental influence. However, her decision was a great one academically. Still...not my 1st choice. The craziest parental story I ever heard was told by a Cal freshman at the time at a post-match meet and greet with the fans. Coach Feller put all the freshmen on the spot and asked them to explain to the assembled group why they chose Cal. One player said that her mom got out a map of the United States. This mom then proceeded to draw a circle around their home with a 200 mile radius and told her daughter that she was going to school somewhere outside of the circle. I don't know how true the story was, but it got a really good laugh.
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