Veritas Sports Academy Opening in Kernersville

Cost is not a factor. Administration tells me it's free to everyone. They appear to have some sponsors with deep pockets.

 

$125. application fee per thier website. With thier student estimates 100 the 1st year and 140 the second. How can they support any sports other than those with small rosters. Even wrestling you need to fill 14 or so spots and have just as many jv to support the feeder program. How are the going to do football at all. Out of the 140 total students and if half are female. Just can not see it.

 

OK. They have an application fee. The school has some large sponsors from somewhere. I've heard of a few but until I know for sure I'm not going to repeat it. I didn't realize half were female. Where did you see that? If they get approx. 30 football players you got a team. I don't know if it works or not but I can see it happening. In fact, I see it growing. I see this feeding off all the kids and parents that came up through AAU.

 

First of all, this is an all boys school. No females. Secondly, they have millions in private funding. The school is free at this point in time. They already have enough players to field a baseball team and have enough for wrestling. Getting players will not be a problem. They will start football next year with 40 players.

 

Thanks Triad. I know they have ample funding. I was not sure if it was for girls or not. I never thought to ask. As you said, I thought it was free. This school has it's skeptics as most new things do. I think it will do well and find it's niche. Although I didn't know they had 40 football players. I di not think that was the case about 60 days ago.

 

Skeptics? Just posing some questions. The female comment came from where I did not see that it stated it was an all male school. I am sure that they can get players for sports (fielding a team). I was talking about how good would they be. I will say that they will get some good players. But, how will they balance the team? If you have one great pitcher and the rest are ok. What is the point? We all know of high schools that are a great football or baseball and even softball schools. But,their other programs could not beat themselves out of a wet, one sided paper bag. And they are pulling from hundreds of students. It is just a numbers game. I could see it around Charlotte or in Raleigh. Just do not think that will get the quality of players. Your private schools in this area have one maybe two strong programs. And with the number of estabilshed private school in the area. Not sure what they will get. Just do not see many changing even free.

 

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If it is a Prep school, do they take kids that graduate from HS but need work on thier grades (i.e. Oak ridge or the like.) I can see it working well if it is designed to take all the best athletes and they don't have to be from here. Alot of parents will send thier kids off if it is a way into college or something bigger. Doesn't sound like this school will be limited to triad area. Most likely could include a national roster as long as they can handle housing. If they have the money people say, wait and see if Dorms become a part of the mix.

 

the basketball program has pulled two 7'1" players....that team has been ranked 8th in the nation by nike/espn and hasn't played a game....ranking based on the roster

 

No dorms at this time. Thatv is what I get from the new articles.

 

In the back of mind, I was hoping this wasn't going to be one the basketball academies. I don't know if it is, but when you posted this about two 7'+ players, I am a little concerned.

Check out this story to understand where I'm coming from:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpa...6A15751C0A9609C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all

''I would say that in my 21 years, the number of those schools has quadrupled, and I would put schools in quotation marks,'' Phil Martelli, the men's basketball coach at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, said. ''They're not all academic institutions.''

The National Collegiate Athletic Association acknowledges that it has not acted as such places have proliferated. For years, its Clearinghouse has approved transcripts from these institutions without questioning them.

Until revelations last year about a diploma mill in Florida and concerns about other schools like it, the N.C.A.A. chose not to police high schools. Although the N.C.A.A. recently commissioned a task force charged with curbing academic abuse, it still faces the tricky task of separating the legitimate from the nonlegitimate schools.........."