Today’s Quiz: MLB Draft – College and HS %s
Question: What were the %s (approximate) of college and HS baseball players taken in the first 10 rounds of the MLB draft this year? Answer: 75% college, 25% HS Bonus Questions: What were the %s (approximate) 10 years ago? 20 years ago? Answers: 65% College, 35% HS; 50% college, […]
Today’s Quiz: % of Minorities in the US?
Question 1: What percentage of the US population is African-American? Answer: 13% (Approximately) Question 2: What percentage is Hispanic or Latino? Answer: 18% (Approximately) Bonus Question: What percentage of the US population knows the answers to both questions, or can even come close with a […]
Stat of the Day: Univ. of Chicago – Free Tuition
The University of Chicago now provides full tuition scholarships to families making less than $125,000, as of June 2018.
Quote of the Day: Making Dads Crazy
You know the two things that will make a smart dad crazy? A beautiful woman and the athletic recruitment of his kid. This from a coach at a big-time college football program, one you see on TV on a regular basis.
Stat of the Day: FCS Schools with the Most NFL Players
Did you know? Of all FCS schools, Harvard had the most players on 2017 NFL opening day rosters with 9. The next closest had 7.
Top 9 Mistakes
The Top 9 mistakes made by parents: Coaching your child during a game You can disagree all you want. This is an absolute no-no. Thinking that because you believe your child outplayed an athlete who already has scholarship offers, your child must be a scholarship level player. You don’t know what you’re looking at, or what your doing Allowing your child […]
Being Invited
When today’s parents were kids, being invited to a camp or an all-star game meant something that everybody understood. Not anymore. Things have changed. Now recruiting and money drive most of these events and the word invite is cleverly used by the organizers to entice and confuse families. Here are three cases almost everyone can learn from. If you think these […]