What's Broken About
College Sports Recruiting?

We're building a platform to help high school athletes navigate the college recruiting process. Your answers are anonymous unless you choose to share contact info. No right or wrong answers — just your honest experience.

⏱ About 5 minutes 🔒 Anonymous 21 questions
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Q1 — I am a... *
Please select an option.
Q2 — What sport? *
e.g., soccer, track, swimming, lacrosse
Please enter your sport.
Q3 — What division level are you targeting or competing at? *
Please select an option.
Q4 — What year are you in, or when did you go through recruiting? *
Please select an option.
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Q5 — What was the single hardest part of the recruiting process for you personally? *
Please select an option.
Q6 — At what point in the process did you feel most lost? *
Please select an option.
Q7 — Describe a specific moment where you felt confused or stuck. What was happening and what did you wish you had? (optional)
This is the most important question on the survey. Even one sentence helps.
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Q8 — Where did you look for information or advice about recruiting? * Select all that apply
Please select at least one option.
Q9 — Of the resources you used, which was actually the most helpful? *
Please select an option.
Q10 — If you used a paid recruiting service (like NCSA or a private consultant), was it worth the money? *
This question is critical for understanding whether the paid market is satisfied or not.
Please select an option.
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Q11 — What information did you wish you had easy access to during recruiting? * Select all that apply
Please select at least one option.
Q12 — If you could have had one 30-minute conversation with a current college athlete in your sport during recruiting, what would have been most valuable? *
This is the core product question — it tells us what the first conversation should focus on.
Please select an option.
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Q13 — If a platform connected you with current college athletes for honest, one-on-one advice about recruiting, what would you expect to pay per conversation? *
Please select an option.
Q14 — Who in your family would be most likely to find this kind of platform and pay for it? *
This tells us who to market to and whose credit card we are targeting.
Please select an option.
Q15 — What would make you trust a platform like this enough to actually use it? *
This is the trust and acquisition question — it tells us what the landing page needs to say.
Please select an option.
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Q16 — Roughly how much did your family spend on the recruiting process overall, including camps, showcases, club teams, and any consulting services? *
Please select an option.
Q17 — Do you think the recruiting process is fair to athletes from all economic backgrounds? *
This validates the equity positioning and tells us how loudly to make that argument.
Please select an option.
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Q18 — What is one question about recruiting that you could never get a straight answer to? (optional)
Q19 — If you were describing the recruiting process to a younger athlete just starting out, what is the one thing you would make sure they knew? (optional)
Q20 — What would have made the biggest difference for you — a tool, a person, a piece of information, or something else entirely? (optional)
Q21 — Name & Email

Your response is anonymous unless you filled in Q21.
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