{"id":12672,"date":"2016-11-11T04:30:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T10:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/?p=12672"},"modified":"2016-11-12T06:44:37","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T12:44:37","slug":"nsr-identifies-college-prospects-1-recruiting-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/nsr-identifies-college-prospects-1-recruiting-enemy\/","title":{"rendered":"NSR Identifies College Prospects’ #1 Recruiting Enemy"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is no denying it. Every prospect’s top nemesis? The clock<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

With a short four years to be recognized, evaluated, compared to other like athletes, and finally recruited, make campus visits, and perhaps offered, every tic-toc\u00a0of the clock counts. Those are a lot of things which need to happen. The less time a family has to do it all, the lower their odds of it ending well.<\/p>\n

Amazingly, parents and prospects procrastinate day after day, week after week, month after month, and, yes, year after year before deciding to get seriously involved in the recruiting process. When the athlete makes a commitment to play in college, there is no time to waste.<\/p>\n

When you look at the facts, it’s a strategy that is simply unjustifiable.<\/p>\n

The hard truth – after high school, a\u00a0family will face head-on a daunting four-year educational invoice to the tune of $30,000.00 on average per academic year. Total? $120,000. Ouch!
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\nKnowing this, families have two choices:<\/p>\n

1) Prepare<\/p>\n

2) Ignore.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With that predicament waiting just around the corner, here are some sobering recruiting stats to consider:<\/p>\n