When I get a mass email from a college football coach about my guys attending their summer camps, this is my response. 

To me, no evaluation means the camp is a money grab. 

Am I right or wrong?

1 hour ago, ChiefSmoke said:

When I get a mass email from a college football coach about my guys attending their summer camps, this is my response. 

To me, no evaluation means the camp is a money grab. 

Am I right or wrong?

Still good for the kid to learn some new things.

14 hours ago, MaddenCurse44 said:

Still good for the kid to learn some new things.

I agree, but most of the camps now are one-day evaluation camps.  The instructional camps are largely a thing of the past.  The goal of current camps seems to be to get a select few potential recruits on campus to evaluate them and to make money from the rest.

From my experience, your mega camps are money grabs for the schools. For example, the state has a summer camp with 500+ kids. The kids they are recruiting are the ones personally invited to the camp, and are not paying for the camp. There are a ton of other schools there, and it can be a good opportunity to get seen by other schools (MAC, FCS, D2, etc.). The most beneficial camps from my perspective, for recruiting, are the smaller satellite camps, or camps that a coach is personally inviting a player to. 

For transparency- I went to over 20 camps my senior year of high school (2013) and only got offers at the smaller satellite camps that were off campus.

I was at a Mega Camp and I saw Apollo's Coach Edge on the field with his players. After each session he introduced his kids to various coaches. As a parent I had to sit in the parking lot or by the fence. He was gracious enough to introduce my son to a couple of coaches and my son is playing college football now for Lindsey Wilson. He didn't have to do that. If you are a Coach or a parent I would ask your coach or an assistant coach to take these kids to camps. It gives the college coach an opportunity to hear from the staff at the high school. 

Just my two cents. 

12 hours ago, bruin66 said:

The goal of current camps seems to be to get a select few potential recruits on campus to evaluate them and to make money from the rest.

Bingo. If you aren't personally invited, don't have 4.4 speed or aren't over 6'4, don't expect any offers. However, it is great work for a kid wanting to get outside of the KY bubble, and measure himself against regional competition. 

 

 

The Miami Ohio mega camp has a lot of high level academic schools. 
In my experience schools note and track kids. Patriot league, ivy and good D-3 schools. So some FCS but all great schools that football can help a kid get in.