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Division III signings

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Inky_Wretch, Apr 24, 2009.

  1. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    Yeah, JUCO baseball is a whole different animal.
     
  2. shotglass

    shotglass Guest

    Yeah, but it's a tricky thing, too.

    You have the kids who are going the JUCO route to position themselves for the draft.

    And you have the kids who are going the JUCO route because no four-year school wanted them.

    And you certainly can't make a judgment call about which is which and base coverage that way, so you have to take care of all of them, or take care of none of them.
     
  3. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    If I understand correctly, JUCO schools offer athletic scholarships while Division III do not, so sometimes the JUCO is a more desirable option.
     
  4. shotglass

    shotglass Guest

    I hadn't even known that. Interesting.

    Which leads me to this thought:

    "I've called this press conference today to announce I intend to attend Bofunk Community College in the fall. Although I accepted a full athletic scholarship and will play for the school's baseball team, I decided on Bofunk because of its fine associate degree program in woodworking."
     
  5. GlenQuagmire

    GlenQuagmire Active Member

    I think you need to establish a policy - but be willing to make an exception if a high-profile kid goes JUCO. It helps having contacts that are straight shooters you can trust about the guy's talents. (Helps to know the area pro scouts, too.)

    JUCOs are also a great option for baseball players who lack the grades to play major college baseball but are strong pro prospects. I know of one kid in this area that never got a whiff from last year from DI schools because his grades sucked and went JUCO so he could be draft eligible the next year.

    He ended up going in the 11th round and went pro. But he signed JUCO because of grades and the draft option.
     
  6. jps

    jps Active Member

    you're right, rick. only level not giving scholarships is division iii. jucos can give ya a full ride, as can d-i, obviously. d-ii can, but very often it's a partial. so many times you get a kid that could go d-iii easily, but if a juco wants to pay for two years while he puts up big numbers and improves his game, maybe a better option because he can then use the juco connections to move on to a four-year d-ii or d-i that will offer up some money.
     
  7. Stitch

    Stitch Active Member

    Considering D-I baseball only has 11.7 scholarships, it's not a bad choice to go to a JUCO in the Sun Belt.
     
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