So are we with a lot of work and still working at it she caught the eyes of many college coaches and recently committed with 2 more years to keep working on slapping.Guilty but still we are glad we did it!
So are we with a lot of work and still working at it she caught the eyes of many college coaches and recently committed with 2 more years to keep working on slapping.Guilty but still we are glad we did it!
Found the CF seating much much sooner.
Found the CF seating much much sooner.
Point is no one got in this dance because it was financially sound!
Nope.
I got in it because it was "going to make her a better player."
It doesn't.
Sounds like she did well and your proud of where she ended up in it all,
All you really need to do is hit a camp. The school she is going to was at all of the tournaments that she went to for a lot of years. She went to a camp that I paid about $100.00 or so for and it put the hook in 'em.
Really??? Seriously???Wow! Ok, if you say so. To each their own...I would have never signed her up for a "travel" or a "select" team or whatever you choose to call it. It's a total waste of time and money.
Tens of thousands of dollars later she's 0.00% better at it than she would have been not playing all summer long and all over the place.
Really??? Seriously??? Wow!
Please tell me how a travel team that has 13 girls with offers from all college levels from D-1, 2, 3, NAIA and from complete full rides to partial scholarships are NOT a dollar & Cents POV? Losing proposition???You play for the experience first and foremost. No one has EVER claimed this travel thing a "good investment" If we all looked at it from a dollar and cents POV you are correct its a losing proposition. If money is a driving factor of club level ball you should walk away now. Unless there is a true " Full Ride" I don't think any family comes out ahead in a $ standpoint. If the average travel season is $5000-$10,000 depending on schedule, you could put that money in a mattress and after 5 years have $20,000 on the end and upwards of $50,000 on the high end. Invest at 3% compounded over that same time, more like $30-$60K. Do it during the last 3 months in say stocker symbol FAS, or BAC or JPM and you're up double that! Or you can roll to the JACK and pick red or black and double right up! Point is no one got in this dance because it was financially sound! You play at the highest level you can afford and expect nothing but a great experience, which someday yr DD thanks you for!
that is a good point! Camps and e mails from the girls are a BIG part of them being noticed!Right.
She's the only Ohio recruit at her college in her recruiting class. That's not so bad.
But I feel like she would have pulled it off without playing where she played.
All you really need to do is hit a camp. The school she is going to was at all of the tournaments that she went to for a lot of years. She went to a camp that I paid about $100.00 or so for and it put the hook in 'em.
Please tell me how a travel team that has 13 girls with offers from all college levels from D-1, 2, 3, NAIA and from complete full rides to partial scholarships are NOT a dollar & Cents POV? Losing proposition???
They all are getting "most" of their college paid for to play softball!!! I'll cancel your "EVER" at the top of the page...
Im saying it now! Investing $15,000.00 over 3-4 years was definitely worth 4 years of college completely 100% paid for!
$120,000.000 for 4 years. $30,000.00 per year... And, it depends where your travel team plays and your travel habits depends on how much you spend... We never chased "Nationals" and played primarily college showcases... Just saying it didn't seem too hard to make Travel ball work as an investment. Most parents on our team are paying $4,000.00 to $8,000.00 a year for collage after academic and ATHLETIC money awarded... A good "Average example" would be it cost $30,000.00 tutiton a year at college "X".We clearly disagree here and I don't see that changing, but I gotta ask where are you getting these numbers from?
I probably paid real close to $10,000 last year and we only left Ohio 1 time.
Also, my son is going to a fairly expensive d2 school that wouldn't cost $120,000 after room and board. Tuition there is about double the amount that my daughter would pay if we had to pay for it.
$120,000 sounds like Yale...
Please tell me how a travel team that has 13 girls with offers from all college levels from D-1, 2, 3, NAIA and from complete full rides to partial scholarships are NOT a dollar & Cents POV? Losing proposition???
They all are getting "most" of their college paid for to play softball!!! I'll cancel your "EVER" at the top of the page...
Im saying it now! Investing $15,000.00 over 3-4 years was definitely worth 4 years of college completely 100% paid for!
I will say $15,000.00 was "a good investment" in getting $120,000.00 plus Room, Board and books for 4 years of college!
$15,000.00 is about half tuition or less than half for a year at a lot of colleges.... Most parents on our travel team paid that in 3-4 years of travel ball and now only have to pay $4,000.00 to $8,000.00 a year for college. ( not D-3 schools) How is that NOT a good investment???
tjsmize3 said:I'm going to have to agree with WOW here. For starters, you have said that your team has girls committed to D3 schools. Those girls will receive $0 in athletic money