Unless things have changed recently I would say he does not have a + arm or speed at this time. You are right though he could probably focus on baseball and do great. I would rather he focus on basketball if he is getting a scholarship.
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My daughter played sports in high school, so I am not biased against women's sports. However, if I recall correctly, at the time of Title IX, there were something like 4-5 times as many high school male athletes than female. BUT the almighty rulers said colleges had to have the same numbers for men and women. And look at attendance at women's pro basketball. Probably 10% of men's BB. Just because it isn't 'FAIR', we must have equal opportunity for women in sports. I played fastpitch softball in my younger days. Shouldn't boys have that opportunity and be able to play on the girls SB teams??? Where is the equality??
Unfortunately equality DOES have to be done through legislation because people and systems wont do the right thing unless they are required to do so through legislation. Just look back at how poorly womens sports were treated before the legislation.
My experience is through disability, not gender, but the fact that legislation required to get people to do the right thing sucks big time. How would would feel if your daughter had not had the opportunity to play college basketball because college didn't want to spend the money??
The fair thing would be to have men's and women's athletic departments. Each responsible for their own funding. Women's sports aren't appealing to most people so why should they get the same treatment?
Wrong. You can't and shouldn't try to legislate equality.
Opportunity? Sure.
It's amazing how people don't get that.
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I remember when the university decided they had to add a women's sport and chose rowing. There were signs posted all over town imploring women to try out for the team (and thus, a scholarship), no experience necessary.
Probably about the same as I would if my Son wanted to be a College Baseball player at say................ Iowa State.
Because Universities are allegedly academic institutions first, athletics are supposed to be secondary (like the misleading term student-athlete). These institutions of higher learning are supposed to be all about equality so if they're going to put their money where their mouth is Title IX is absolutely necessary.
Professional sports is entirely different. These are businesses and all about making money which means fan demand is most important. If the WNBA had the attendance, TV ratings, jersey sales, etc that the NBA has then the players would make similar money.
I remember when title IX first passed over 20 years ago and I thought it was stupid to eliminate male sports with participants for female sports that did not yet have any participants.
I also recall the proponent of title IX claimed that male participation in sports was so much higher because there was so much more access. They claimed that if women had as many athletics available that they would participate just as much. A little over 2 decades later those proponents turned out to be exactly right, female athletes just needed more opportunity for participation for them to participate more.
Connor just said he is playing baseball at Iowa. The OPs question was legit
TOS just solved the mystery. Won't link since its competition.
He threw some interesting options out there like red shirting or prep school. He does want a scholarship at some point though. Fair IMO.
He threw some interesting options out there like red shirting or prep school. He does want a scholarship at some point though. Fair IMO.
Probably a good move for all involved. After what I saw of him in the state tournament, he definitely did not look like a B10 caliber pg. Being in a Saul-Tubby Smith like situation wouldn't be good for him or Fran.
Spoke with Connor today. His plan is to play both baseball and basketball at Iowa. He's also open to walking on for basketball. Family has not talked about it at any depth at this point, but if needed he would be happy to do it. At some point, he expects he would be on scholarship.
As I've said before, there are plenty of options for him. He mentioned prep school for a year as one option. Could also play baseball as a freshman and redshirt in hoops to create a bit more space between himself and Williams/Bohannon. Also would allow him to play more with his brother down the road.
His priority would be hoops and could play fall baseball, then go over to hoops for the season and then return to baseball once basketball season ends.
As I've said before, there are plenty of options for him. He mentioned prep school for a year as one option. Could also play baseball as a freshman and redshirt in hoops to create a bit more space between himself and Williams/Bohannon. Also would allow him to play more with his brother down the road.
His priority would be hoops and could play fall baseball, then go over to hoops for the season and then return to baseball once basketball season ends.
In my opinion in watching each game during the state tournament, Connor is not a B1G baseball caliber player RIGHT NOW. Doesn't have quick enough hands. Hands are tough to improve, you either have them or you don't. He has the body. I would guess he plays fall baseball, plays basketball his freshman year, and never plays baseball again. Again, just my opinion based on what I have seen. SMALL SAMPLE.
You really think Connor is anything close to a B10 caliber starting guard? As a walk-on, 7th/8th/9th type of guy, I like that role a lot for him, a lot less pressure on him.
He did start as a freshman at West, with their size of school and amount of athletes that does say something..
Yes, I do. He's more than proved himself on the AAU circuit.
I've never watched him play there, but from what I've seen in the state tournament the last few years, if he's our starter, I think we're in trouble.
You realize HS ball is not a good indicator at all of college performance right? AAU is much better because you actually play other good competition and is a more free flowing game.
The title game last year against Valley was God awful. Credit to Valley for taking four minutes off the clock at a time, but that is a terrible indicator of talent.
Cook was only averaged like 10 ppg in HS and was a top 75 recruit. Moss was only like a n 8 ppg HS player. Just totally different games.
Well, I stand corrected on CM playing baseball. I thought there'd be no way. I still will be surprised if he actually follows through with this and I will be extremely surprised if he ever plays an inning of baseball at Iowa.
Good for him to do what he wants either way.
He and his dad also squashed the idea that they wouldn't use his scholarship to bring him a top-flight player
Good for him to do what he wants either way.
He and his dad also squashed the idea that they wouldn't use his scholarship to bring him a top-flight player
West High's coach runs a slowdown style that is terrible to watch. Connor is a Top 100 recruit because he is playing great against much better competition during the AAU season.
Kyle Galloway, from SC West, was a basketball scholarship-worthy player back in the 90's, but went to school on an academic scholarship. This saved a basketball scholarship for Dr Tom.
Was Saul that bad? Refresh my memory. Save me from Googling his name to see whether he started on a final four team or not.
If he wants to be a professional in a sport. If he doesn't then what he is doing is fine. But he stated himself he sacrifices development in both sports by playing both. And he is not a Bo Jackson type freak athlete.
There's no guarantee he would become a pro player (in either sport) if he dedicated himself solely to one or the other. He has a unique opportunity to play two sports, good for him.
I would venture to guess he drops baseball after a year or two to focus on basketball.
