This is not exactly a Waiver Wednesday so much as it is a post about the weird and complex world of getting scholarship offers. My son was recently offered a full ride FB scholarship to Tulane University, a D1-FBS school, and his most prestigious offer yet. Here’s the problem: He cannot commit until he gets on campus and meets face to face with the Head Coach. This is common. Usually in this situation the school will drop dollar and fly a kid out. He cannot take an official visit (meaning school paid) until April 1st. Even then you only get one per school. Generally speaking, the more the team pays for a visit, the higher up the list you are on their Want List. So, we are in a situation where we need to consider how much these schools actually want the kid.
I’ve done my research. He translates to a 3 star recruit right now, though I have yet to figure out how to make that official. His official UA metrics match that number, but Under Armor doesn’t issue stars. So, I have more work to do to get him official. And get him to Tulane to see how we can make this snowball.
Some Thoughts:
- Absolutely Bonkers Headline of the Day: “An iconic Oregon waterfall was put up for sale on Redfin. Lawmakers approved the money to buy it” Apparently it was owned by a company that supports Benedictine Monks in the area. So the local government stepped up to buy it before a private owner could. The quote is the best part, “It’s not every day where you see a waterfall come up for sale on Redfin or Realtor.com with no price,” meaning I shuolda been on that!
- Calling the Iran War a war of choice is kinda strange.. Isn’t every war a war of choice unless you’re actually attacked? The best part is how mad our government is that nobody wants to join our efforts in spite of not being consulted or even informed before we bombed the crap out of Iran and started this thing. Now Trump is pouting… and fuming about bad press. What sucks is how he is likely to make us respond, which is to take his ball and go home–at least when it comes to other conflicts around the world. This situation is seriously going to keep spiraling. Worst President Ever.