Question for recruited athletes

Christcorp
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:41:11 +0000

Correct. You can be blue chipped. You don’t have to walk on. Point was that if you aren’t one that they are actively recruiting; but are still very good in your sport; then getting an appointment without the sports makes it easier for them to also recruit you. If they are actively recruiting you, then this thread wouldn’t have been started because the academy would have been coming to you. Probably last summer. But, if you are contacting them, then it helps to take care of their concerns by doing everything to get into the academy without the athletics.

They had been watching my son since the beginning of the school year. But were waiting to see how his season ended and how his stats were. When they came and wanted to talk to him about football in November, he had already gotten his appointment and accepted it. That took a lot of questions and concerns away from the coaches. Blue Chipping became a no brainer. I’m sure that had he not already had his appointment they would still have been interested. Just that they would need to ensure that he could get in academically and the rest of his package looked good. Already having the appointment just made it very simple.