What is the purpose of wrestling in college?
- Is it education?
- Is it for personal development?
- Elite competition?
- Professionalism and financial opportunities?
What is the Return on Investment (ROI) of a college degree?
- Does this change based on a specific degree?
- What degree should be pursued if you consider the ROI?
How much are you (as a parent) willing to pay for your child to go to college?
- What are you willing to spend to send your child to college is helpful during the recruiting process.
- Take that amount and subtract it from the overall cost to determine what percentage of scholarship is needed.
How far is the University from home?
- Do you want to be close to where your athlete is going to school?
- Is it important for your athlete to be able to visit home on breaks?
- Will being far away from home add to the stress of an your athlete?
How difficult is it to focus on both elite athletics and elite academics?
- What does a daily schedule for an elite student-athlete look like?
- Can academics get in the way of wrestling?
- Can wrestling get in the way of academics?
Are there objective measuring tools to determine what percentage of scholarship an athlete deserves?
- Is there a specific ranking? Which ranking? Does a specific ranking (#1-10) determine value?
- Are there specific results? What tournaments?
- Personal brand? Does the ability to bring attention to the program influence scholarship?
- Does the desired weight class matter? Does the athlete need to fill a specific spot?
What is the program’s culture?
- What are the program’s goals?
- What are the daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly behavior expectations required by the program’s culture?