(06-08-2018 09:58 PM)Barney Wrote:  I'll say it again --- any athlete that would give up a starting position at Rice University in order to transfer to a CC or JC simply had no business being here in the first place. If this is the caliber of student we need to go get in order to be competitive in D1, then we probably need to forget it.

The rules for the amateur draft, the quality of play at the JC level (not overall, but certainly enough for pros to evaluate talent) the willingness of baseball to pay for educations, the partial scholarships etc etc etc ALL play important parts.....