January 2012, Sports Trends
High Schoolers Skipping School Teams for Clubs
"With few exceptions, playing high school sports is no longer considered a vital pathway toward obtaining a college sports scholarship," Eric Sondheimer reports in the Los Angeles Times.
Changes in NCAA recruiting rules, combined with the idea that the best and most efficient way to evaluate players is when they compete in all-star events, has made high school sports competition almost irrelevant for college recruiters in certain sports.
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