What we're seeing in the numbers — recruiting data, club economics, what coaches actually look at, and where the hype diverges from the math.
Parents assume coaches start with the highlight reel. They don't. Here is what actually gets evaluated, in order, by D1, D2, and D3 staffs.
The math on roster spots, recruiting class sizes, and your 9th-grader's actual odds. The picture parents draw is usually one division too high.
Grade by grade and month by month — when D1 contact opens, when commitments are made, when rosters fill, and what the 2024 NCAA changes really moved.
Inside Lacrosse, ILWomen, recruiting databases — what they actually measure, what they don't, and the conflicts that shape the lists parents pay attention to.
Recreational, regional, elite — the real annual spend at each tier, and what families do and do not actually get for the check they write.