Camps......How many and how much $$$$$

[Multiple Sports]

Already spent $1500 and have 5 more camps this month.....

Not married is the key !!!!

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Multiple Sports

Already spent $1500 and have 5 more camps this month.....

Not married is the key !!!!

Going to Reading?

[Multiple Sports]

Yep......team camp here I come.....

[Multiple Sports]

Big camp in Philly this weekend.....anybody playing Marie's game.....

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by Multiple Sports

Big camp in Philly this weekend.....anybody playing Marie's game.....

I got to hear a little about the "game" from an official who used to be in her conference. The official said the nonsense was enough to make her leave. She wanted to jump before she got pushed.

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Camps are necessary, but it isn't necessary that they be $450/per for a large number of campers.

The only way I even come close to justifying that kind of cost is if you're sleeping at a college for more than two days and even then I'm iffy about it. The Big East used to hold its women's camp at three schools (American, Catholic and Univ. of Maryland) with officials staying in dorms at American and managed to keep the cost in the low 200s. Of course I don't know whether the conference subsidized some of the cost but it definitely made it easier on the wallet.

[jeschmit]

Originally Posted by Multiple Sports

Big camp in Philly this weekend.....anybody playing Marie's game.....

Yup... Played the game. I worked 13 games in 4 days. Not too bad of a camp. There were classroom sessions with former coaches one day, Dee Kanter another day and Debbie Williamson on the third day.

I got some information on the rules changes from Debbie in her classroom session that I'll post in the appropriate thread.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by jeschmit

Yup... Played the game. I worked 13 games in 4 days.....

Way too many games to work in a camp, IMO. Especially if it is a camp used for getting hired by a college supervisor. By the time you've worked your 3rd game it's already known by the powers that be whether or not you are a truly viable candidate.

[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Way too many games to work in a camp, IMO. Especially if it is a camp used for getting hired by a college supervisor. By the time you've worked your 3rd game it's already known by the powers that be whether or not you are a truly viable candidate.

And that in a nutshell, is the real rip-off of college "exposure" camps. The CAMPER pays for the privilege to work 2-3 times as many games as needed. All the while the "clinician" is making huge bucks off of campers who stand absolutely no chance of getting picked up. The NCAA operates like a monopoly, but the individual conferences that endorse or tolerate this camp structure are just as bad. I don't know what alternative there is...but I know there has to be a better way.