recruiting

Recruiting is a big problem in the Cleveland area.  AAU basketball has led to coaches convincing players that they will college opportunities if they come and play at their school.  Our sister school got in trouble two years ago for recruiting players.  They convinced two area players to transfer to their school to play basketball.  One of the two players also had a younger brother who transferred to the school.  In order to do this they lied about their addresses on their transfer application.  When they got caught they were ruled ineligible for that season.  The parents became upset so they brought in voicemail messages from the assistant coach at that school.  The coach said if you come to our school you will get a d1 scholarship.  He was telling this to kids who were fringe d3 players.  It was a disgrace.  The team that were recruiting these players were 1 and 21 in the previous year.  If they would of attained these kids they probably would have won 4 or 5 games.  In their efforts they cost two players their senior years and one his freshman and sophomore year.  The head coach was not fired for actions of his assistants yet everyone knows that this head coach is constantly recruiting high school kids.  This problem needs to addressed across the board in high school athletics.