the.com/sports recruitment
the art of promising a kid he'll start as a freshman while showing him a stadium he'll mostly watch from the bench.
means the process of identifying, courting, and signing young athletes to play for a school or professional team.
from formalized in american college sports in the early 1900s as football programs realized talent could be scouted before it graduated high school, and it's been an arms race of handshakes and hyperbole ever since.
letter of intenta signature, not a legal contract, oddly enough
recruiting rankingsstar systems predict pros worse than coin flips
nil eraturned recruiting pitches into open salary negotiations
early commitment agesome athletes commit before starting high school
for instance
nick saban's alabama — built dynasties by out-recruiting everyone, 2007 to 2023
zion williamson recruitment — three schools, one nation, watching a dunk video in 2018
barcelona la masia — scouts kids at age 6 for messi-style development
nfl combine — grown men timed running in their underwear since 1982