7v7 gone Hollywood

[jacksam3]

https://otseven.com/
OT7 is becoming THE National entity in 7v7.
Like it, or hate it- can't deny the impact, reach, and economic growth of the 7v7 world. The Teams' that play in their 5 tourney's read like a virtual who's who of 3, 4, and 5 star recruits.
The Championship has 12 Teams from all over the country- including Midwest Boom, and is in Los Angeles next month.
Pretty impressive content and resources. I was an early naysayer, but have been following, and am being proven wrong...

 

[crusader_of_90]

Three posts - two last year about the same event ...

 

[mc140]

They do a great job of taking money from parents with little to no actual benefit.

 

[EdgyTim]

I have no major issues with 7on7 but the one issue I have is no way they should be still playing in June.....it's team time and time to wrap it up and let kids get back with their teams.

 

[johnndoe]

I have no major issues with 7on7 but the one issue I have is no way they should be still playing in June.....it's team time and time to wrap it up and let kids get back with their teams.

"Get back with their teams?" Presently, so much seems to be driven and structured by "me" considerations as opposed to "we." The 7on7s, club sports, NILs, player ranking obsessions, transfer, portals and the like appear to put school competition in a secondary position anyway.

 

[jacksam3]

Certainly no better place to post about high school football than a high school football board! Again, like it or hate it- big money 7v7 is not going away. Just like AAU in hoops and travel baseball, soccer, etc.... Money is king. Always has been, always will be. Full disclosure- I'm a purist who doesn't like this trend. I played FCS football in the Patriot league and my son played in the Ivy league. I love the game of football. I'm also a realist and have done well in life by investing in innovation and industry disruptors. I had a chance to invest in OT7's parent company- Overtime. I didn't. I have no monetary dog in this fight, other than am super interested and intrigued by this current 7v7 and youth sport(s) landscape. IMG didn't just sell because of their academics. NIL is real. Money is king.

 

[PowerI66]

Certainly no better place to post about high school football than a high school football board! Again, like it or hate it- big money 7v7 is not going away. Just like AAU in hoops and travel baseball, soccer, etc.... Money is king. Always has been, always will be. Full disclosure- I'm a purist who doesn't like this trend. I played FCS football in the Patriot league and my son played in the Ivy league. I love the game of football. I'm also a realist and have done well in life by investing in innovation and industry disruptors. I had a chance to invest in OT7's parent company- Overtime. I didn't. I have no monetary dog in this fight, other than am super interested and intrigued by this current 7v7 and youth sport(s) landscape. IMG didn't just sell because of their academics. NIL is real. Money is king.

If you don't like the trend, then why are you making a thread and promoting it?

 

[jacksam3]

By that logic- we only post what we like? There is nothing to promote. There is no monetary gain to be had. If this subject matter is not high school football topical, please tell me what is? Air conditioned helmets at LSU?

 

[PowerI66]

By that logic- we only post what we like? There is nothing to promote. There is no monetary gain to be had. If this subject matter is not high school football topical, please tell me what is? Air conditioned helmets at LSU?

Not at all, but you are trying to explain yourself and it makes no sense. The only thing you have posted about on this board are specifically this event (that you do not like) which is very strange. You do realize you can promote something without any monetary gain, correct? It's a businesses favorite kind of marketing. Now, if you also posted about other 7v7 events from time to time, or even any other sort of event or game, I would be more willing to see your point on this.

In regards to the helmets, yes, I would say that is topical as these things tend to work their way around the levels.

 

[mc140]

He is trying to get around paying for advertising.

 

[Silver Rain]

Air conditioned helmets at LSU?

I knew a girl, a cyclist, who filled her helmet with ice on hot summer days.

 

[BoundaryCorner]

Stop going back and forth with him - it gives him more total posts and his version of guerilla marketing won't be as obvious the next time it happens.

 

[johnndoe]

What's next, shoulder pads with built-in fans? Fifty plus years ago and before that, it is hard to believe offering water during hot August practice was seen as a sign of weakness. However, during those times I feel we were acclimated to hot/humid weather by virtue of actually being outside playing and exercising during all the years of our youth. Now, I can understand A/C in helmets with the high probability that the users have not grown up necessarily experiencing as much extreme conditions. Central air growing up? Hell no - we lived in the basement for the summer.

 

[crusader_of_90]

I forget which tragedy caused it, but the shift from "water is a weakness" to "oh crap, we need to water the troops," happened in he late 1980s. Mentally, I almost felt "lesser" because we got so many water breaks.

 

[crusader_of_90]

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