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Message: [QUOTE="bcubs9497, post: 2000405, member: 5049"] Let me add a little something to this. How many fans have ever been to a camp? If you've never been to one, go. It's really inspiring to watch these kids put out so much effort in an attempt to garner an offer. Once you've been to several, or 20+, though, the camp experience becomes something different. Reality sets in. After my umpteenth trip to a camp, it dawned on me that, in many ways, these kids are commodities. Like cattle. Weight, height, reach, 40 times, 3 cone times, shuttle times, flexibility, bench reps, vertical leap, "coachability", and all sorts of other metrics are collected. Things like grades and character don't come anywhere close in importance. Because, truthfully, 4.0 GPAs and 100s of hours of community service don't win football games. Somewhere, it's forgotten that these kids are kids, and there's a good 40+ years of life for them to live post D1 football. [/QUOTE]