HS QB's unusual situation
Cody Keith isn't your average HS player ? a film crew documents his every move. » Full Story on Y! Featured
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First buzzed by: anonymous
First buzzed by: anonymous
just shows what money can do, if you can't here, move some where else where the money can buy, right daddy, by the way daddy, you made all that money in real estate, how many people lost their homes due to your wrangling
I'm not questioning the kid’s talent, but it sounds like a little too much too soon. If it were my son and yes I'm a father of one son and he is only 6. I may have gone out of the way to get him on a team with a winning record and let the local coaches do the rest. No doubt big HS teams with big stats produce better players, because they have more money to bring the better coaches in. It just sounds like a little too much pressure for the kid. And come on now! His dad is doing it just to get his son a college scholarship. I'm not buying it. He could have sold his house and downgraded and paid for his son’s college. Yes, I know who his dad is. I live just across the state line from him and have heard about the kid on the local news. Let him play, enjoy the game, and if he is good enough he should not have any trouble being a walk-on player at the college level. Dad, you may have ruined any chance your son ever had at playing at the next level.
What is the point of the whole Story ?? There are a bunch of other kids out there and bet some of them have a much better story to tell, then this one.
He got all that money, shouldn't try to get a scholar
TY Attitude..I was wondering the same thing...whats the point,and who really cares???he is not even cute!!!average at best...Please bring us some real news,or real dirt!!!Whatever comes 1st!!Yahoo U R getting wayyyyyyyyyy lame!
I feel for this young man. Best thing for his father to do is let his son be a kid and just play. His stats might get get him a D 2 or 3 scholarship. Their Christianity is great, but sometimes you just need to take a good hard look at the situation, and in this case I feel Dad is playing God and making the decisions and not the other way around. Hang in there Cody, and goodluck!
wow this story is funny... i wish him all the luck in the world but if he cant destroy the weak competition that hes playing against right now then i don't see him doing anything at the next level... and trust me i played against the same teams he is with a lot more success... and no college scholarship in return
Look at the kids stats. Nothing that extraordinary. Nothing to stand out vs. the 1000+ high school quarterbacks around the country that Division I Schools are looking at. At best the guy might shot to play at Division II School as a QB but if a Divsion I school comes courting it would probably not be as a QB but to move him to WR or DB position.
wow, huge waste of money...if his parents can afford a 2.8 million dollar house, relying on a scholarship is pointless
and he's not even good by any means. His best game was:
10-for-28 148 yards 1 TD
horrible, I know sophomores with better pass records than that
huge waste of money, hope he gets offers from sh#%tty D3 schools where he belongs because you can't buy talent
Wow that was lame usage of my time...the writer of this articles must have been an aspiring short story writer.
Kids got the work ethic and the integrity but lacks in talent. Dad can buy all the exposure he wants but Cody will still be considered, even in college, a decent high school back up (which is where he should have stayed to begin with). I would have more respect for everyone in this article if he'd just decided to go get a good education at the school of his choice and walk on. Instead he would rather try for a scholorship that someone else (who might not go to college otherwise) may really need.
As a former D I football player and as an Evangelical this story is just wrong on so many levels. Talk about fouled up family values. This is not about a "scholarship". The kid does not need a scholarship. Clearly his dad has enough money to send him any place he wants. This is about a dad living vicariously through his son. If the kid has talent he will make it either into a college or as a late bloomer in prep school or in college. If it takes that much money and coaching then the kid just doesn't have it.
looks like daddy couldn't buy him a scholarship, his numbers are far from impressive. poor kid.
Old story....mom & dad push push push and keep telling the coaches how good their kid is and impress them with all the specialized training and the scouts the parents have called to come watch (so he MUST be great!)... and the coaches fall for it. There is even a service parents can hire to do all the footwork and paperwork! Sounds like this kid has been set up for failure- or a mediocre career that will frustrate him all his life
Sounds like another Todd Marinovich. Overbearing father...probably hung like a hamster, seeks to relive his youth through his kid. What's with the kid's face in the picture? Is that some "gangbanger" harda** look or does the kid realize this hype is more because of daddy's money than his talent?
I'm going to suggest to the dad the same i use to suggest to my ex. JUST LET THE KID PLAY BALL AND HAVE FUN. gosh these dads need to het a life and quit living through their kids. my son did get scholarship offers but decided to serve his country instead. i hope this boy gets out from under his fathers thumb and learns to make his own choices in life. good luck to you cody and have fun in your last yr of school. you only have 1 senior yr so live it to the fullest.
Kid got Talent and its not unusual for a ball player and his moves. You have today ball players who are getting personal trainers for there sons to be the best. And there is nothing wrong with that when you got the money. But documenting his moves on the field well, thats nothing new All good ballplayers has been recorded in highschool and even pro. thats is not an option, that is the way it is. You got whone more year, live it up and make everything you do count. have as much fun as you can because when you wake up out of bed whone day, you will see that your wild fun days are over and its time to take on something bigger in life. Good Luck Bro....
I saw that kid play,he's barley average talent wise.If he's planning on going to collage,he'd better work on his GPA.the onley reason he's being filmed is because its an unusual situation.
The problems with good fathers today, is non of them will let there sons live there own life and allow them to make there own decisions it doesn't matter if rich or poor. I no im won of them. But in this case Just let the guy enjoy his last year at highschool without his father interfering im sure he would be more releaved from stress and appreciated. Sometimes you have to let go for your sons to learn and understand on there own. Lets say he does have a carear in football then what.. there is nothing wrong for his father to be there for him. But give him space let him enjoy it the way he wants to. The time will come when you wake up the next morning and get a job, your father won't be around.
Ok what I find disturbing is the fact he could pay for it but wants someone else to do it for him because he's spending all his money on making the kid a better player? Ummm, my daughter wants VERY much to go to school at Pittsburgh Art Institute and I have no friggin' clue how I'm gonna do that! Where is the tv crew to follow her around her Senior year at a small school in WV to film her when I tell her I can't afford it? Hmmmm? MTV gonna pay for her schooling after filming her? Havn't heard from them yet!!! Geez!
While I do not argue the value of school sports( I played baseball and ran track myself), I dp have a problem when I see badly needed funds going to prop up sports teams at the expense of academics. Is this kid talented? Sure. But how much time and money is being wasted to promote another football hero when the math and science programs are barely scraping by?
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