Letter from the Editor

Just like the real estate adage that the most important thing in buying a home is ‘location, location, location,’ the analogy is that recruiting is the name of the game in football and it goes on 365 days a year. Recruiting used to be a seasonal activity while many teams stockpiled talent before the start of limitations on scholarships. The number of scholarships have been reduced dramatically over the years so selecting the right player for your institution has become mandatory; a coaching staff can’t afford many mistakes. Coincidentally, the growth of college sports on television has grown while scholarship limitations have dropped. Over the years a recruits’ priority has changed in selecting the school of his or her choice; often times, today, it is not the school with the academic pattern that fits a need but rather the normal concerns about location, potential to play right