What is keeping you up at night about this?

Oh my goodness, just that I'm going to miss something because I do see that a lot, you

know, where these kids sign to go play sports at these really expensive schools and it's

like, did they really want to go there?

Was that their only option?

Did they know that there was other options?

Are there other options?

Welcome to How-To, I'm Amanda Ripley.

Here in the United States we are obsessed with high school and college sports and college

is incredibly expensive.

All of it is a massive business, but dreams do come true sometimes.

So it's understandable that millions of parents secretly wonder if their kid might be a

future star athlete someday or at least good enough to get a scholarship to college.

This is Elizabeth.

I am a mom to a high school athlete in Coconut, Indiana.

My son is currently a sophomore and it's time to start looking at school and a large

part of his drive to continue his education is to play sports in college.

You know, I started this spreadsheet with like schools that he might want to go to if

they had a track program, what division it is.

I mean, I found myself like, okay, well, how do I do this?

Do I contact coaches and you know, find out how the recruiting process happens or does

he just apply and try out and there really isn't much information out there.

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