but they always use the excuse for going to private school that academics are a reason they go there
Peters has two kids going to Stanford and neither one of them looked anything special in the 5 Peters games I saw last year, especially in the PR game where I would argue both looked terrible, the one that just committed within the past day doesn't even look like a D2 kid to me, he's just "tall" and some colleges seem to think that automatically means "potential"
they have another kid with big offers from all over the country, and he was arguably just as invisible as they were, but he too is "tall" and he is more recruited than any of the recent Central kids
so you think Colson Gatten had to go to Central to get noticed instead of staying at Peters?
you don't need to go to private school to get recruited by colleges
you are correct, these kids do not "need to go to private schools." But, usually they are better off. My point, is it's a lower risk, It's a lower gamble to go there- they have a much better track record than every local public school- I'm talking about the "best" kids, Power 4. I'm not sure what you mean that the Peter's kid was "recruited more" than the Central kids is just not true. I'm not a Central booster, or alum, i dont "love them" but they put more kids in big schools, it's really no debate.
In many ways, public/local is better, especially for the "average" or even the "good athletes," which is why i am talking about the 1%, the best kids. Private schools have less rules, more flexibility, which makes it easier for college recuiting. It is very diffcult to build and maintain a successful public school football program in western PA- that is why there are so few of them. Butler, Woodland Hills, Gateway, Lebo, North Hills, even USC- these are schools that "used to be great" and really are no longer- this is why they "lose kids" to transferring. This happens due to shaky coaching, or shaky resources, or a combination.
And again, the "payoff" is now real money, as soon as they graduate high school.
