This is pathetic. The kid’s parents as well as the coach ought to be given a psychiatric evaluation. Football is a SPORT. it is not meaningful beyond college. It is a sport that teaches teamwork, the value of hard work/practice, and strategy. but only so that those lessons can be applied to real life challenges. and in my opinion, no kid should be recruited or be asked to commit to play college football at age 13, even if he wants to (and who wouldn’t?). just my two cents.
Someone pointed out the sad end to that guy who was a child prodigy Todd who played for USC or UCLA. A lot of pressure. I wonder how Archie Manning brought his boys along.