[Rob1968]

Years ago, I read a study that said that 2% of all basketball players that ever make the team in HS, will ever make a team at the college level. And that included the stars, the role players, and the kids at the other end of the bench, and all levels of NCAA b-ball.
And even with those numbers, many more of the parents, and players, will tell their peers that they think that their child or they can go on to "the next level." Unrealisitic expectations by parents, and misguided aspirations by players, too often cause some players to neglect their studies - the real reason to attend HS - and harm their future oppotunities in society.
The trickle-down from pro to NCAA to HS to JrHS and AAU levels, is a constant subject of scrutiny. And rarely are the effects of that strata considered to be a positive.
To mold the game and rules - the playing format - to aid the college game and its coaches, seems misguided. Even so, we see the tendency of the lower levels of play gradually adopting the elements of the higher levels. It's easy to chase the attitudes, by following the dollars.
Why does a college coach want the HS's to do his job? Of course, its to enhance his status at his level. I don't think that's what HS athletics should be about.