Timing of athletic aid discussion

dadof4kids
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 20:47:55 +0000

I think that for the money conversation, that has to take place with the parent. This is the exception to the normal rule that your kid should be the one talking to the coach. I know quite a few kids just directed the coach to the parent when it was time to discuss scholarships or how the Ivy process works.

S committed early, so I didn’t get real deep into this. He had 2 Ivy coaches ask to talk to me after they talked to him. Basically the reason they wanted to talk to me was to make sure I understood how the Ivy money worked, and whether I was OK with letting S choose that route. One of his D1 $$ offers came in over the phone from a coach S talked to on a regular basis. He had heard S had an Ivy offer so wanted to be sure we knew they were prepared to spend money on him. The other was at a sit down meeting with S, parents, Head and Assistant Coach. They basically presented the offer to me, with S off on the side kind of watching. They all knew that in the end if the parent isn’t ok with the money, it doesn’t matter how good the team and school fit are, the kid isn’t going there.

You may need to call the coach yourself. Just introduce yourself, thank for the visit, ask if he has any questions for you, and then ask him to explain how the finances work.