The spotlight always shines on our sports stars. This coming weekend’s Super Bowl and the hype surrounding it personifies the way Americans go about deifying those at the top. But a closer view of the athletes in support roles at every level of athletics makes us realize that they are the ones providing the infrastructure … Read more
NCAA members could have packed their bags last Wednesday afternoon and the Association’s national conclave would have been considered a major success after just one day of meetings. By agreeing to permit Division I coaches in designated sports* to begin making initial contact with high school juniors on September 1, a full ten months sooner than was previously allowed, college recruiting’s gatekeeper … Read more
We are three weeks away from the only football signing period the NCAA has for the class of 2014, February 5 through April 1. With no fall early signing period permitted, Division I and II football programs are busy solidifying their verbal commitments, soothing nervous recruits and parents, fending off encroachments from other programs on those same … Read more
Auburn University starting fullback, Jay Prosch, will be on the field tonight as the Tigers attempt to take down the Florida State Seminoles in the BCS Championship Game. Prosch, called by FOX Sports the “Auburn Blocker of Granite,” was an NSR enrollee with Robert and Susan Cagle. Out of Mobile, AL, Prosch has a heart … Read more
A collective deep breath is being taken across the nation as the NCAA prepares for their upcoming national meeting. This year’s conclave takes place in San Diego, Calif., January 15-18. All three divisions will meet to discuss and vote on new legislation, including changes to current recruiting rules. NCAA membership convene annually in January to … Read more
When high school prospects and their parents go in search of assistance with recruiting, there are today a plethora of options. But we assert that no option matches the needs of families like National Scouting Report, or more widely known as NSR. But, why is that true? Families typically want two assurances. First, that they … Read more
Look around closely enough and you will notice that loads of high school senior athletes and their parents are beginning to panic, the worry visible on their expressions, because their recruiting Plan A isn’t working. It’s a natural, if not altogether pitiful, sight that we see every year at this time. Six months to go and not just … Read more
The recruiting process goes two ways – the coach wooing the athlete and the athlete choosing a coach. But everything is not what it always seems during the recruiting process. Time and time again, we see the same story repeated. How do you know, then, what a coach is really like when he or she is recruiting you? Hmmm. … Read more
In college athletic recruiting, everything depends on first being recognized and evaluated by college coaches. Nothing else truly matters to an aspiring high school athlete if these first two critical steps have not happened. Signing periods are looming. The NCAA early signing period is only two months away. Not all seniors will sign, or can … Read more
Across America high school athletes have been sweating their hearts out. For weeks now, they have been humping it in pre-season conditioning workouts, drills, practices and scrimmages in anticipation of what historically is the most exciting time for prep athletics – fall sports. With last year’s seniors graduated, as fans our spirits are renewed by the upcoming group. … Read more
