Hope people do not think a commitment is a full scholarship to these schools.

Hope people do not think a commitment is a full scholarship to these schools.

My point was to let the parents know the truth about these teams, their selling point is we will get your son scholarships if they play on our team. Most of the the kids on these lists are lucky, if they get 25% scholarship. They should be more honest about what they tell these parents and stop giving them false illusions. I should know, I coached on one those teams, and you have no idea how many parents get crazy after their son does not play college ball after hearing for 4 years how they will get their son a scholarship.It is all about money with these teams, why do you think they keep 22 kids on a team?

Being selected to play college baseball at any level is an incredible accomplishment. These boys, their parents and coaches should be extremely proud of their efforts.

Congrats to all of the players moving on to play college baseball!!

no but even if its only 25 percent its more than your son got and these boys are ON the team!

http://www.cgibraves.com/

Their are a large number of very talented players who cannot, for one reason or another (mostly money)do not have the ability to play on some of the more popular "super" travel teams where the coaches have relationships with coaches, and market the players.
That does not mean that these players will not play college ball;it means that they have to work harder and getting noticed and marketing themselves.
Recruting has changed drastically due to travel teams. Unlike in the past where the high school team coach was the main source of information.
In my eyes to even be considered for college ball, may it be DI, II or III is something that be looked upon as being an accomplishmenent. Many people have assisted with that having acheived that goal. The parents, the highschool coaches, travel coaches, and most importanly the player.
Please do not insult those that are able to accomplish their goals.

What I was referring to was the poster who was questioning how/why teams promise, or how it may be perceived that players are promised scholorships. What I was saying that playing on a team with a big following may afford players more exposure.
Not everyone can do that, or wants to do that.
However, many very talented athletes are wrongfully overlooked because they are not on that type of a team.

You have to say LI Baseball has come a long way

Baseball/Early-Signing Period

Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Allan Simpson

One-Week Signing Window Opens Wednesday;
Florida Has Early Edge On Top Prospects

The NCAA early-signing period for most sports begins Wednesday, and basketball is expected to grab the national limelight. But almost every prominent high-school baseball prospect in the 2011 draft class is expected to ink a national letter of intent, so the day is no less important to baseball.

Of the top 100 high-school prospects as identified by Perfect Game, all but eight have committed to a Division I college. That includes the top prospect in the senior class, Tennessee lefthander Daniel Norris, who has committed to Clemson. Florida leads the way with five commitments in the Top 50.

Prior to the first official day of the week-long early signing process, all of the commitments are verbal, and non-binding. But it’s rare that a player has a last-minute change of heart and ends up signing elsewhere.

Players are not required to sign in the early period, but a vast majority of the elite-level prospects do. If they do not, they’ll have to wait until the traditional spring signing period, which runs from April 13 to Aug. 1.

The importance of the early period cannot be underscored enough as many of the projected top college teams in 2011 secured the bulk of their talent in the early period.

A school like Vanderbilt, which ranks as a heavy favorite to reach the College World Series next June for the first time, will pin much of its hopes on players like righthanders Sonny Gray, Jack Amstrong and Navery Moore, lefthander Grayson Garvin and shortstop Jason Esposito. All five rank among the top 100 prospects overall for next year’s draft, and all were part of a vintage Vanderbilt early-signing class three years ago. Gray, Armstrong and Esposito are projected first-rounders.

Baseball is unique among NCAA sports in that the recruitment/signing process is only half the equation. Colleges that get commitments from prospective players must sweat it out again in the draft next June, knowing full well that numerous players will forego playing in college for an immediate chance to play professional baseball.

Historically, about 50 percent of the top 100 high-school players each year end up in college.

The signing period also applies to junior-college players eligible to sign with a Division I schools, and most of the top prospects in the JC ranks will be involved with the signing process Wednesday, as well. That will include Angelina (Texas) JC righthander Ian Gardeck, the No. 1-ranked junior college prospect in the country for the 2011 draft. He has made a verbal commitment to Alabama.

Perfect Game has an updated ranking of the top 500 prospects in the 2011 high-school class, with a complete update of known college commitments. It is currently available to Premium-level subscribers.

We’ll also identify the top 100 prospects in the junior college class (with commitments) on Thursday. In addition to the player rankings, several stories will accompany our coverage of the early-signing period.

Joseph Gonzalez long island [***censored***] the college of Saint Rose

my son is one of thise kids that didnt get money but committed early to a division 3 school that happens to be one of the "litle ivies" and the reason that he did not get any money is because we chose the school that would be the best for his future and not the money. We could have gone to a CW Post or Adelphi that would have given him money or countless other schools around the country that would have loved to have him but we chose the best school,ACADEMICALLY,which usually means division 3 or ivy leagu and they do not give any money but you get into a great school that you may not otherwise get into. Another boy on my sons team had a FULL ride offer to Hofstra but chose to pay to go to Dartmouth instead because the money he would have saved by going to hofstra is chump change compared to a degree from Dartmouth and the doors that opens for you. Everyone on this thread has to stop blaming these organizations and start looking at themselves. Just like a school does not raise your kids a baseball organization does not decide where they go to school, it is up to YOU the parent and adult to guide your son properly and use baseball as a tool to get into a school that academically he might never be able to get into because that is what will change his future. No one's son on this thread will play in the MLB, so get over it, this is a thread of future lawyers, doctors (hopefully), cops, fireman and other professions, the sooner you realize that the better for you and your kid.

Who's Joseph Gonzalez?
Who's RJ Going?

Commitment information? Due to travel and school baseball, I have been committed to room 100 of the pysch ward at Bellevue.

And to make matters worse, I paid for this commitment - as did probably you.