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Subject: We will see...

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Go Green

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Date Posted: 08:36:33 07/08/25 Tue
In reply to: An Observer 's message, "American Amateur Sports Is About to Take A Serious Turn" on 15:19:22 07/07/25 Mon

I was at Yale's Elite Girls' Basketball camp last month.

Yale could easily have fielded a highly competitive team consisting of the high school girls that attended camp that day. And I can only assume that--if academics aren't an issue--that many of the girls that I saw that day will suit up for other Ivies.

Or was your point limited to men's sports?

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An Observer
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Date Posted: 18:26:27 07/08/25 Tue

First and most importantly, congratulations again on your daughter being invited to the Yale recruiting/development camp. That's a big achievement in and of itself, regardless of where her athletic career goes from here. What a wonderful feather in her cap.

My point is principally -- though not exclusively -- aimed at football and men's basketball. That's where the money will really start to affect high school sports and, as a result, high school education.

Having said that, we've already seen a few transfers driven by NIL money in women's basketball and volleyball. So the phenomenon will not be limited to the highest profile sports. Anywhere a booster wants to win and is willing to pay to make it happen, the effect will be felt. Perhaps a bidding war will break out for your daughter. For your sake, I hope it happens.

Is it good for American secondary education? No, it's terrible.

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Go Green
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Date Posted: 07:26:41 07/09/25 Wed

As I said earlier, she did fine compared to her fellow rising freshmen.

But she will need a lot of improvement to get to the level of some of the girls who were at the camp.

I really don't know how girls' basketball recruiting works. Maybe some of the girls I saw that day will end up on Big East rosters.

And even if my daughter does get offered a spot on an Ivy team, it would have to be a HELL of a lot of money for her to transfer elsewhere. I just don't see that happening in any universe...

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