How does a sport social networking site differ from RecruitU2?
A. In much the same way scouting services operate, sport social networking sites offer to put your profile on their web site and wait for coaches to come to the web site, sort through all the posted profiles and find yours. These services charge low monthly fees to participate and they tend to draw a large number of high school student athletes to their sites. Most sites have discussion forums, local and regional results and tend to be user friendly sites for student athletes and parents to discuss their sport. They just aren’t a reliable means to get recruited. The reality is, these sites are ultimately nothing more than bulletin boards for resumes. If college coaches don’t know about the site, don’t visit the site and, ultimately, review every single profile, you stand little or no chance of being recruited. The monthly fees to remain on the site, when taken in total, usually are significantly higher than the one-time fee of RecruitU2. You can post your profile on a bulletin board we
