#5 The Black List:
Sports parents should know that Coaches talk. Coaches know the toxic, problem parents and keep them on radar. Football feeder systems and coaching connections run from flag up to high school varsity. And then from varsity coaches to college recruiters. If your son is skilled and in the rare position of being scouted by college football programs, you should work hard to be in a position where the coach wants to help you help your son earn an athletic scholarship. If a busy high school coach has five kids getting recruited, and a certain parent did nothing but create conflict for coaches the last 7-8 years, that head coach won’t see the problem parent as a priority when other parents were more supportive to the team concept.
With 1.4 million kids playing high school football and only 700 + college football programs available, the funnel of opportunity narrows quickly for athletic scholarships – don’t let parental bad behavior or ego cost a student-athlete a scholarship that they worked so hard for over many seasons.
