ID Camps / frustrating

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 19:16:46 +0000

We’ve been duped a couple of times into thinking there was a genuine interest in our son. We know the difference between the generic invites and the personal invites. He received a personal email from a coach of his top choice and we were willing to travel across country to visit until his coach suggested he phone the school and inquire about the nature of the invite. And to our disappointment it was an invite to every player in their camp database. It was a personal email responding to one of my son’s emails which is why we thought it was legit. His coach found out the school is done with his grad year - this is twice, once we flew across country to an ID after several back and forths with a coach including coach to coach conversations. When we arrived there were 75 “very interested recruits” almost vomited over the $$$ we spent. This was also one of 5 or 6 camps the school did - my calculations estimate profits of $75k each camp. I get this is how they raise $$ for the program and how they find recruits but I wish coaches would STOP doing this - especially to interested juniors. Can we ever expect the NCAA to crack down on these ID camp scams? It is infuriating especially for families who don’t have the money.