President of Texas HS coaches association writes letter saying IMG Academy “could destroy our profes
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey isn’t the only high-level executive in football unhappy with IMG Academy’s presence. Brenham (Texas) head coach Glen West, who serves as president of the Texas High School Coaches Association, wrote a letter to his peers in Texas Coach magazine railing against the academy, saying it could “destroy our profession.”
“As president of THSCA, I would like to make you aware of a growing movement that I feel can destroy our profession as we know it,” West writes. “At the current moment, IMG Academy has actively recruited three of our top Texas high school football players to play their senior season for their traveling football team. The reason given for these young athletes to attend this academy is to better prepare for the next level of competition. I adamantly disagree with that reasoning. With every fiber of my body, I feel that the best people to prepare them for the next level are YOU, the COACHES IN THIS STATE. It is my opinion these athletes were cherry picked to attend these academies to build their resumes. The intent is for other athletes with big dreams to also attend these academies for a large price. The paying athletes would attend hoping for the same opportunities as those that were recruited. You, as the coaches, can stand proud knowing that WE are in this business not to profit off of our athletes.”
Read the full letter here.
http://footballscoop.com/news/presi...ing-img-academy-could-destroy-our-profession/
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey isn’t the only high-level executive in football unhappy with IMG Academy’s presence. Brenham (Texas) head coach Glen West, who serves as president of the Texas High School Coaches Association, wrote a letter to his peers in Texas Coach magazine railing against the academy, saying it could “destroy our profession.”
“As president of THSCA, I would like to make you aware of a growing movement that I feel can destroy our profession as we know it,” West writes. “At the current moment, IMG Academy has actively recruited three of our top Texas high school football players to play their senior season for their traveling football team. The reason given for these young athletes to attend this academy is to better prepare for the next level of competition. I adamantly disagree with that reasoning. With every fiber of my body, I feel that the best people to prepare them for the next level are YOU, the COACHES IN THIS STATE. It is my opinion these athletes were cherry picked to attend these academies to build their resumes. The intent is for other athletes with big dreams to also attend these academies for a large price. The paying athletes would attend hoping for the same opportunities as those that were recruited. You, as the coaches, can stand proud knowing that WE are in this business not to profit off of our athletes.”
Read the full letter here.
http://footballscoop.com/news/presi...ing-img-academy-could-destroy-our-profession/
