Serious question: Why does ESPN not cover college baseball?

[5049]

Yeah. I think where he is getting confused is girls soccer does have a higher rate of concussions per injury type...but that is attributed to girls neck muscles not being as strong.

Football is clearly more violent than soccer

Stats are just somewhere to start. After that, you draw your own conclusions

And I was just quoting King Jackie

 

[5049]

According to this the concussion rate for football is almost 4 times as high as for soccer. Soccer's a lot rougher than most people think, but nothing like football.

Let's take the averages.

70 concussions per 100,000 'exposures', whatever that is, for football
33 for girls' soccer

That's 0.07% chance for football, 0.03% for soccer

Can we say yet that this is a meaningless stat? The odds are minute in both cases

 

[deadheaddawg]

Let's take the averages.

70 concussions per 100,000 'exposures', whatever that is, for football
33 for girls' soccer

That's 0.07% chance for football, 0.03% for soccer

Can we say yet that this is a meaningless stat? The odds are minute in both cases

"Per exposure" is important. That means every individual practice or game. So your percentage would only apply to a kid who played........1 total practice.

 

[JoMo MoJo]

Baseball is being abandoned by the youth of America. We grew up playing baseball and established a bond to the game. Little Leagues are being shut down at an alarming rate which is further alienating the youth of America to the game of baseball. Sadly, baseball is on the decline due to youth alienation. ESPN knows where the future viewership is and it is soccer because young America is warming up to it. Major League Baseball is slumping with attendance thus it is working bad news downward to college baseball. Us baseball fans are dying off without being replaced with youth, they are focused on soccer. Google Atlanta United record attendances.

Baseball is on the decline because Select baseball has taken over the chance for high schoolers to play. No kid that hasn’t played select baseball has a chance at any large public school in Mississippi. HS coaches are lazy and you usually have to buy your kid a spot on the team. And all of that just so he can play a few years in the minors IF he is good enough because if he isn’t from the DR he has very little shot at the pros.

 

[5049]

"Per exposure" is important. That means every individual practice or game. So your percentage would only apply to a kid who played........1 total practice.

10 football games per year, plus accompanying practices (in full gear of course), vs. how many soccer games and practices? Over a high school career.

I am not attempting to argue with you or anything, I'm just going through the numbers in my own head

Getting coached the proper fundamentals also plays a big part I'd think, or at least King Jackie said so, and not to play until you're ready ie football isn't a game for Kindergarteners

 

[5049]

Baseball is on the decline because Select baseball has taken over the chance for high schoolers to play. No kid that hasn’t played select baseball has a chance at any large public school in Mississippi. HS coaches are lazy and you usually have to buy your kid a spot on the team. And all of that just so he can play a few years in the minors IF he is good enough because if he isn’t from the DR he has very little shot at the pros.

I have certainly noticed that it seems to be a daddy's club. I want to see more before I make any declarative statements though

 

[RocketDawg]

Could it be not so much a lack of player talent as it is a result of the coaching situation? Meaning, if Andy was still here and everything was normal from that perspective, that the team would be playing a lot better?

 

[coachnorm]

Baseball is on the decline because Select baseball has taken over the chance for high schoolers to play. No kid that hasn’t played select baseball has a chance at any large public school in Mississippi. HS coaches are lazy and you usually have to buy your kid a spot on the team. And all of that just so he can play a few years in the minors IF he is good enough because if he isn’t from the DR he has very little shot at the pros.

I would like to support JoMo and his statement on club baseball. I would like to bring to light three major league baseball players that I was familiar with when they were kids. First is Quinton Berry who I personally coached. I also knew his parents and they insisted that Quinton play Pop Warner Football, and PAL Basketball in addition to baseball. Baseball was just a fill in sport to that family. As Quintons Little League Coach, it was hilarious watching his parents crucify the baseball club coaches trying to recruit their son. I coached Jacque Jones in high school football. Jacque played basketball as well as MLB for the Twins. Jacquee's mother quarantined her boy from the baseball club coaches. And finally Brian and Marcus Giles brothers both had MLB careers. Brian and Mark Giles played football and wrestled for Granite Hills High School. When the club baseball coaches tried to recruit Mr Bill Giles boys, Bill threatened to kick their asses because he did not want his sons softened by playing baseball year round. In front of many including his two future major leaguers, Bill declared that if a son of his ever asked to play club baseball, they will get their asses kicked also. The reason why I am posting this story, is to give a different perspective on club baseball and how some successful parents managed their kids. Those parents were responsible for providing a complete well rounded athlete to baseball instead of a soft year round baseball player.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

College coaches recruit during travel ball season.... high school baseball is becoming irrelevant to both college coaches and potential college athletes....