Should Athletes Post About Their Offers?

In short and in my opinion, no, they shouldn't.

If you haven't read "You Only Need One Offer" then go read that blog post as well.

First, this is volleyball I'm talking about. One of the biggest things I try to explain to parents (usually dads) is that recruiting for volleyball is different than recruiting for football, basketball or even baseball. I will save the differences for another blog post at a later date, but there is a difference. The processes and personalities that you are dealing with are different. If we can start there, that will be helpful.

Is it the end of the world if a volleyball athlete posts about their offer? No, it isn't.

Should that athlete loose their scholarship offer if they post about it on social media? No, I don't think they should. I have also never heard of this actually happening.

Athletes, 100% of the time, should post when they verbally commit to a school.

"But why not, Jason? Why shouldn't athletes post about their offers?"

I think it's okay to be different. It's okay for our sport to NOT be like football and basketball. One argument I heard in favor of volleyball athletes posting about their offers was that "If volleyball wants to be like the other sports (football) then they need to start doing the other things that those sports are doing." This argument is absolutely nonsense. I've already talked about how our sport is great and that we should NOT be making concessions to the people at ESPN because they aren't going to care about our sport regardless of how popular it is or how many changes we make. The volleyball community needs to support the sport, that will change a lot on its own. Besides that, the notion that in order to get 10k fans in the stands to every college volleyball game in country, volleyball athletes need to post every single offer they receive on social media doesn't compute. If you can show me how one equals the other, I will gladly listen, but I'm just guessing their isn't causation or correlation.

Next, lets talk about the benefits...

...that I think should cover it.

I realize that in some sports, when an athlete posts about an offer from one school, that will lead to getting offers from other schools. Twitter and social media are powerful tools that can be used in this way. That's fine for some sports, but for volleyball it doesn't work like that. I know 0 college coaches that offered an athlete because they saw her post about her offer on social media. Some sports are offering 35 athletes every year and only 25 or less are actually signing. In volleyball you are recruiting 3-4 athletes every year; that's it!

It's obviously a fantastic thing to get an offer from a college. Especially if that offer is going to pay for your college education. All offers and all interest are great. Remember, the athletes that go on to play college volleyball make up roughly 5% of the athletes across the entire country that play high school volleyball. Every opportunity is a great opportunity.

Realistically, all you get when you post about an offer is a short burst of social media attention.

Busy days call for Bizzy coffee! Use my code and save 15% on your order!

Code - PARALLELRECRUITINGINITIATIVE

Organize your recruiting efforts with the same system that I use for all of my athletes! Use my link and save 15%

*Affiliate Links - This post contains affiliate links, at no additional cost to you I am compensated if you purchase after clicking on the links.