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I had a question for all the the know-it-alls on this board. I was looking on a few club Instagram pages and noticed 1-2 AAU teams posting pictures of kids getting "offers" from Community Colleges. Is this actually a thing? Early commitment to a CC? I always thought of CC as being a last resort, a way to work on your skills, or a place to go for extenuating circumstances. It seems like it's being celebrated like getting an offer to USC!
 
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I had a question for all the the know-it-alls on this board. I was looking on a few club Instagram pages and noticed 1-2 AAU teams posting pictures of kids getting "offers" from Community Colleges. Is this actually a thing? Early commitment to a CC? I always thought of CC as being a last resort, a way to work on your skills, or a place to go for extenuating circumstances. It seems like it's being celebrated like getting an offer to USC!
anytime an athlete has an opportunity to play past high school is a reason to celebrate. playing good enough to play past high school is an accomplishment.. obviously there are levels to it, but why hate on someone's level?

if an aau team can tout their development acuity... move their athletes past high school... what's wrong with that?

if an athlete can announce that they are playing bkb somewhere, what's wrong with that?

you view it as a negative.. it's a positive for a lot of athletes. no need to hate.
 
I had a question for all the the know-it-alls on this board. I was looking on a few club Instagram pages and noticed 1-2 AAU teams posting pictures of kids getting "offers" from Community Colleges. Is this actually a thing? Early commitment to a CC? I always thought of CC as being a last resort, a way to work on your skills, or a place to go for extenuating circumstances. It seems like it's being celebrated like getting an offer to USC!
social media age has made it necessary for community collleges to get into the game. kids love likes and followers, so if you are a JC and want to grab kids you make offers. being recruited is fun, and coaches can tell if a girl can play NCAA D1 or 2 pretty early. so why not grab their attention early
 
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Cal
Grand Canyon
Nevada
Fresno State
San Jose State
San Diego
San Diego State
UC Santa Barbara
UNLV
Georgetown
UTSA
Hawaii
UOP
Santa Clara
Loyola Marymount
 
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Folsom senior Dixie McLanahan has committed to Air Force
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anytime an athlete has an opportunity to play past high school is a reason to celebrate. playing good enough to play past high school is an accomplishment.. obviously there are levels to it, but why hate on someone's level?

if an aau team can tout their development acuity... move their athletes past high school... what's wrong with that?

if an athlete can announce that they are playing bkb somewhere, what's wrong with that?

you view it as a negative.. it's a positive for a lot of athletes. no need to hate.
It's not hate. I'm just sick of the everyone gets a medal mentality. Never, until recently, did I need my ego-fed kids and parents of today to post about a PRE-SEASON "offer" from a JC. The neat thing about CC is that ANYONE can play as long as they have eligibility (never played the sport before). Some JC's have what they call Letters of Intent which they have kids sign. This is illegal and yet kids think it's binding. And the reason why I'm asking about AAU programs is that AAU (as it's supposed to be) is not a breeding ground for JC's. It's purpose is to get kids to the 4-year level by exposure.

Next, we're gonna have middle school kids posting where they're going to go to high school or elementary kids saying they're going to middle school at XYZ school. It's ridiculous. Call it hate, but at what point does it ever end? I'm a JC and pubic university bi-product..
 
It's not hate. I'm just sick of the everyone gets a medal mentality. Never, until recently, did I need my ego-fed kids and parents of today to post about a PRE-SEASON "offer" from a JC. The neat thing about CC is that ANYONE can play as long as they have eligibility (never played the sport before). Some JC's have what they call Letters of Intent which they have kids sign. This is illegal and yet kids think it's binding. And the reason why I'm asking about AAU programs is that AAU (as it's supposed to be) is not a breeding ground for JC's. It's purpose is to get kids to the 4-year level by exposure.

Next, we're gonna have middle school kids posting where they're going to go to high school or elementary kids saying they're going to middle school at XYZ school. It's ridiculous. Call it hate, but at what point does it ever end? I'm a JC and pubic university bi-product..
Saying anyone can play at a JC or CC is a broad statement. Not all Jucos are created the same my friend. So no not anyone can play at every junior college. Why do you care about someone else celebrating their accomplishments? It may not meet your criteria for celebration but who are you to say that someone shouldn't be proud of whatever the fruits of their efforts return them? May not be up to your standards but I encourage all kids to work hard and be proud of the results because the process is what counts.

Maybe you have accomplished so much in your life they you are like the Deion Sanders of whatever you do. Or maybe you are just miserable. Who knows.
 
Saying anyone can play at a JC or CC is a broad statement. Not all Jucos are created the same my friend. So no not anyone can play at every junior college. Why do you care about someone else celebrating their accomplishments? It may not meet your criteria for celebration but who are you to say that someone shouldn't be proud of whatever the fruits of their efforts return them? It may not be up to your standards, but I encourage all kids to work hard and be proud of the results because the process is what counts.

Maybe you have accomplished so much in your life that you are like the Deion Sanders of whatever you do. Or maybe you are just miserable. Who knows.
Maybe I'm miserable. And yes, almost anyone could play at a JC. That's why it's called community college: because it's open to people in the community and free to participate, regardless of age. Now, making the team is another thing. Sorry if I confused you with that. i can see where I messed up. My problem is that these so-called AAU programs are pushing hype. I understand that not all clubs are Cal Stars, Cagers, JKidd, etc but don't claim to be. A lot of these clubs promise the moon and deliver very minimal compared to what they charge. That's what's bothering me. Clubs selling wolf tickets...

I had one of my three kids go to the JC route to play ball. it was a great experience!
 
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So some JCs are very competitive; some are not. At some JCs, it's hard to make the team; at others, it's not.

Some achievements are worth celebrating publicly; some are not. Being offered by Laney is worth mentioning; being offered by Yuba is not.

Where you draw the line depends on your level of desire to celebrate a young person's success -- or, from another angle, where you draw the line depends on how much success it takes to deserve a public celebration.

I tend to side more with NorCal_Fan on this one, but part of that comes from growing up when displays of public emotion were not so common.

I also agree that clubs who pound the drums about questionable achievements aren't helping themselves. If a girl gets a D1 ride and some NIL, post away; if a girl is going to play at Merritt, silence might be a better option.
 
i guess my stance is, why do you care so much?

someone is celebrating playing at the next level, what do you care? it only comes out as demeaning someone's accomplishment.

and yes, including the aau program that you think is beholden to only advance people to a 4 year college. I think their purpose is to develop kids skills in general... and that might be to play at the JC level.

I agree with clay... sometimes, it's better to not say anything.. but that's their choice... what does anybody that is nobody to the involved parties care??????
 
if i were running an aau team, and i had a kid that went from marginal high school player to average high school player that was starting on their varsity senior year, and then they attracted the attention of a JC program that wants them... I might want to give that player props for the hard work she put in to improve from "no way she's playing past high school" to "JC programs want her."
 
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if i were running an aau team, and i had a kid that went from marginal high school player to average high school player that was starting on their varsity senior year, and then they attracted the attention of a JC program that wants them... I might want to give that player props for the hard work she put in to improve from "no way she's playing past high school" to "JC programs want her."
I agree with this statement, and I'm not saying don't celebrate. If a kid wants to post, post away. But let's be honest here...when a kid signs up for AAU, real AAU, a JC commitment is not what they're expecting.

And if we're being REAL real, very few AAU programs develop. AAU is not, nor will it ever be, developmental and competitive. In most cases, you're one or the other. AAU programs that are promoting JC "offers" are doing it for click bait and open themselves up for criticism. I saw on one AAU IG there were JC offers for all of their players, and they posted it like they were being signed at Eastbay or Stanford. just seems ridiculous to me.
 
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