From the Business of Baseball Yahoogroup, but certainly of interest to this
group, too. - Rod Nelson

-----Original Message-----
From: businessofbaseball@yahoogroups.com On Behalf Of iosteve3
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 2:11 PM
To: businessofbaseball@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Business of Baseball] Community Colleges Add Sports Programs
(Including Baseball)

Unfortunately, the link to this article is premium content.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i44/44a03101.htm

As a quick summary and extension:
-About 500 colleges are currently members of the National Junior
College Athletic Association (NJCAA). http://www.njcaa.org/
-Since 2003, about 40 colleges have joined the NJCAA.
-Public colleges (especially in the Midwest) are adding sports
programs to offer students (and increase enrollment) a "complete"
college experience.
-Some states have laws forbidding community colleges from using state
money to fund athletics - consequently, funding a sports program
(including scholarships in some cases) at a community college can
require ingenuity.
-New NCAA Legislation, passed in May and due to take effect August
1st, may drive more athletes to two-year colleges instead of prep
schools. Note: Players like Placido Polanco and Albert Pujols played
on NCJAA teams. Approximately 100 NCJAA players were drafted in June.

http://tinyurl.com/2sjolc

I wonder what, if any, long term effects this trend will have on
scouting.

Thanks.

Steve Weingarden
iosteve3 [teachbackup@...]