{"id":741,"date":"2010-07-08T20:22:53","date_gmt":"2010-07-09T02:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nsr-inc.com\/\/?p=741"},"modified":"2010-07-08T20:22:53","modified_gmt":"2010-07-09T02:22:53","slug":"the-inescapable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/the-inescapable\/","title":{"rendered":"The Inescapable, Critical Role of Academics in Recruiting"},"content":{"rendered":"

A New and Informative Series for Prospects and Parents<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Good academic performance is the optimum pathway for making college affordable for aspiring, high school student-athletes and their parents.<\/p>\n

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Academics play a crucial role in recruiting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We often find that parents and prospects are surprised to learn that a majority of college athletes are not offered full athletic scholarships but instead are presented with scholarship \u201cpackages.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 This has been a common practice for years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

College coaches have financial limitations (budgets) like any company or family.\u00a0 In the NCAA<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong> the control of athletic budgets begins with their mandating to member schools the maximum number of scholarships allowed per division, per team, per sport.\u00a0 Then, in annual conference meetings with member college presidents in control, scholarship maximums are determined per sport, conference-wide.\u00a0\u00a0 Individual schools then decide on the budgets for each sport.\u00a0 Finally, coaches are given an amount of scholarships they are allowed along with their operating budgets.\u00a0 Talk about trickle-down economics!\u00a0<\/p>\n

So, how does all this relate to a prospect\u2019s academic performance?\u00a0 Over the next few weeks, NSR<\/a><\/strong> will tackle this critical issue.\u00a0 We will explore a number of inter-related components which impact and influence a high school prospect\u2019s ability to attract college coaches through academics.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We will answer key questions such as:<\/p>\n