Uh This again!!!!! As several people above have read my posts previously mentioning college sports.
This thread is just about what we all have mentioned before.
http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1258429196/new
Here is my general advice to you. But Refer to the thread I think we covered everything.
My best advise to you as a recent college kid who played a collegiate sport. Go to the Best College you can get into, do not base your decision in which school to attend by there bass fishing clubs. That is the most idiotic way to decide to go to school. Example, if you can get into Georgetown, but decide to go to a school that has bass fishing as opposed to Georgetown that doesn't, you are just cutting yourself short. If anything start a program at your new school, by doing this you are:
1. Doing yourself a favor, by going to the best ranked school as possible. Without deciding it based on Fishing.
2. You are spreading the word about bass fishing and new clubs. I guarantee if you bass fish and attend somewhere, someone else will also.
3. The pure enjoyment of starting a program and possibly winning your first year out. You will get so many sponsors, it is ridiculous.
I started a paintball club at my school, and in our first year was National Collegiate Paintball Champions, we were champions for two years running, unfortunately I graduated and the program fell through. I payed out of pocket my first year to win our championship, our second our school and sponsors payed our way around the whole next year.
Do yourself a favor man, study hard and play hard later. College is a place to get your future not have fun. If you are able to balance the two then good for you. But earn your degree to make the money so you can play hard later when you are rich Wink.
Wow I'm old enough to give advice now LOL!!
But seriously, do well in school man, you won't regret it later. I've seen too many kids party hard or let there sport take over them, just to find out later what a waste of time it was. I mean why do most collegiate football and basketball players go to college, because there are no guarantees in life.
The last thing I have to say: By going to the biggest and best school possible, that is equal to money. Bigger schools have more money. So by law in school clubs, you are allocated a certain amount of funding by starting a new "Club". And if you can prove to the school, that this is possible money making and good exposure for their benefit equals more money. Unfortunately, for me paintball is bigger in the East Coast Schools, so I had to prove to my school, which we did, the exposure we received. Lucky for you collegiate bass fishing is televised, with huge sponsors like Wal-Mart. Choose wisely man, because your future also rests in your hands.
I don't mean to bad mouth any school out there with fishing clubs, and I don't know how Georgetown compares to the schools he listed, it was just one of the top schools I could think of relative to your guys area. Smiley Just reminding him we are going to school for a degree not for fishing.