And you had an offer form a major school, and a smaller school, would you want to go to a smaller school and get more playing time?

Say like basketball. Would you rather go all 4 yours to a place like App St and start all 4 years and get tons of playing time, or go to a UNC/Duke/NCSU and get limited if any playing time, and maybe start some your Sr year.

Same for football.

I think I would choose the bigger school. I think the advantages of being at a bigger university outweigh the smaller school even if you get more playing time.

1/1/2010 10:44:04 PM

depends on if the smaller school was division 1, unless your definition of smaller means lower division

[Edited on January 1, 2010 at 10:45 PM. Reason : ]

1/1/2010 10:45:09 PM

Am I trying to be a professional in whatever sport?

1/1/2010 10:53:12 PM

Well coming out of HS isn't that every kids goal? lol

The reason I got to thinking about this is one of my friends growing up was a great football player in HS, pretty much a badass. He had offers this year to Virginia, Georgia, Kentucky, and South Carolina. He instead chose to go to UT-Chattanooga. I talked to a mutual friend and he said that he had talked to him and he said it was because he would get more playing time.

I understand wanting to play more, but I would much rather be a part of something bigger, than to be big at something smaller.

[Edited on January 1, 2010 at 10:58 PM. Reason : .]

1/1/2010 10:54:01 PM

no, not really

as a senior in HS, i wanted to play college baseball but knew that at no point, would i ever be considered a pro prospect

1/1/2010 10:57:30 PM

If I wasn't a pro prospect (I'd like to think I could be realistic about it) I'd go to a place where I could major in what I wanted.

But yeah I'd also want playing time. I'd rather go to App and play 4 years than ride the bench my whole career at State or UNC.

[Edited on January 1, 2010 at 11:13 PM. Reason : As long as App had my major of course]

1/1/2010 11:12:17 PM

I don't miss my years at State, but had I known back then what I know now, I think I would have gone to a smaller school to play soccer. Coming out of high school, I assumed I wouldn't be good enough to play professionally so I didn't even think about it even though I had inquiries (and the resume) from RPI. The end result would have been to finally play with a full team of serious athletes with bonafide coaching behind it that could have led to some career or a degree from an institution slightly higher on the food chain than NCSU.

1/2/2010 12:04:56 AM

oh, a soccer player!

1/2/2010 12:15:42 AM

Get that soccer shit out of here.

I am talking about real sports.

1/2/2010 12:16:48 AM

Soccer may be boring as hell, but it is most certainly a real sport.

1/2/2010 12:21:15 AM

it's the world's most popular sport


(somebody help me out with the punchline)

1/2/2010 12:22:19 AM

soccer fucking sucks

1/2/2010 12:58:58 AM

Stupid Americans itt.

1/2/2010 1:54:46 AM

soccer? man we are talking about soccer?

1/2/2010 2:05:31 AM

The world's most popular food is rice, that doesn't make it the best food in the world

1/2/2010 2:12:02 AM

rice doesn't fucking suck

1/2/2010 6:36:20 AM

I'm just glad Balut is not the worlds most poplular food.

1/2/2010 8:24:59 AM

I would choose the school that had the best trim.

I still don't get how Ole Miss doesn't have the #1 recruiting class year in and year out in all revenue sports.

1/2/2010 9:44:54 AM

^

1/2/2010 9:58:44 AM

^^You must have never been to the University of Florida

1/2/2010 3:43:22 PM

i have been to both...and hands down...with zero doubt

the grove women

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

the swamp women

1/2/2010 5:51:15 PM

Going to a larger school could also mean more networking opportunities after sports... whereas said player would have to just be like "yea i played college ball.......at SWJSU" lol

1/2/2010 6:14:45 PM

What is with the hate, we're talking about hypothetical situations that 99.9% of the people here didn't have a chance at anyway. I mean, might as well make a thread about which pro city you'd want to play in...you know, if you could.

1/2/2010 6:47:22 PM

Other than the soccer hate, what the hell are you talking about?

Nobody is hating on either situation.

1/2/2010 6:56:58 PM

http://www.cbssports.com/spin/story/9920854

1/2/2010 7:04:13 PM