So we should just have kids at small schools specialize in one sport then, right? I mean how great could a football team be with 25 kids. How good would the wrestling team be with 10 kids, the basketball team be with 15 kids. How about the track team with 15 kids too. Or instead these kids could help out the other sports by participating and we could double the number of participants.
Kids should do what they desire to do! I said nothing about having them play one sport. If they want to play multiple sports for leisure/competition/or just because they like the sport, great, they are welcome to do so! We could probably all agree that in MOST cases (exceptions being great athletes), that if they wish to earn scholarship money to play that sport at the next level, they should focus on that sport. As stated, I was able to still play two other sports, but continued to focus on baseball the entire year and earn scholarship money for it at the small collegiate level.
What is the percentage of kids that honestly get scholarship money to play a sport in college. Should we really do a sport for the sole purpose of getting money for college?
If you were attentive enough to read my ENTIRE post, the very first thing that I said was that "Kids should do what they desire to do!... If they want to play multiple sports for leisure/competition/or just because they like the sport, great, they are welcome do so!" SLOW DOWN a bit on your response and absorb things. Your ignorance is being displayed to the fullest!
You also said that if they want a scholarship they should specialize. Maybe you should reread your statement. I know many kids that would love to get a scholarship but cannot afford to specialize because the baseball team needs a centerfielder and the football team needs a two-way starter. Of course, lets tell these kids to specialize, because that is what is better for the WHOLE athletic department. Lets have a divided athletic department at a small school where you not only share athletes, but many times coaches too! That should be lots of fun.
You're damn right I said that if they desire an athletic scholarship, they should specialize! That is often times what it takes to EARN one. Poor small school kids for having to decide what sport to play, or not to play for that matter! Get over it, there are tons of small schools all over the state that feel the "drain" from spreading athletes over a few sports. The interesting thing is that you are a coach, in a position to switch to another school if you so CHOOSE. Why don't you just go to a big school so that you can stop complaining about how hard it is for small schools!