The school can recruit from far and wide, not just in a limited district, due to its nature as a Christian independent school. The dad has truly been very generous to the school. In the process, he has built a showcase for his son. The facilities the dad built will remain long after the son leaves, but the ongoing financial support is not guaranteed. Apparently, all the dad has done is legal and permissible because of the nature of the school. This does give the school a distinct advantage over other schools near and far in Delaware.

The young player demonstrates great talent for his age and level at this time, but that does not indicate what he will do when he reaches the collegiate level or if Kiffin or his successor would honor the offer. There are too many ifs in this picture, with so much of it, likely to negatively affect the young man.

Already do this for a living, which is why I find many of the down thumbs funny, especially over factual responses like this one.

Two people post from this account … myself and my sister. She only got on for the Seeburg case at Notre Dame as she was actually involved with that intimately.

Most of the scoops I send to these guys are stuff they can’t touch because of libel issues, i.e. Cushing, although my argument with his father in the Houston Chronicle was hilarious.

As for Sills, great kid. Unfortunately the team he plays for is under such intense investigation by the DIAA that no one will play them and they have to bring in teams from 4 hours away.

John Harbaugh is no longer there.

Skyler still has his scholarship and is still committed.

It’s one year difference.

Just being fair here.

David Sills is not 5-foot-8, 160 pounds and he’s not Todd Marinovich 2.0.

I’ve seen him play 3 times now. He’s 6-foot-1, 160 pounds in 8th grade. I watched him throw his 1st varsity touchdown pass against Interboro High School on South Avenue in Delaware County Pennsylvania this fall. I met him and his parents. He was a great kid and running to buy a couple of hot dogs after the game from the snack shack. I doubt Todd’s dad would have allowed that.

I even brought up the Marinovich comparison to his father and he cracked up, assuring me David eats plenty of junk food. The mother was absolutely awesome and down to earth.

The kid is completely normal. He acts like a 17-year old already in terms of media maturity, but beyond that I wouldn’t know he’s “David Sills”.

So, for those bashing his family, they’re normal as any other I’ve dealt with and I deal with hundreds a year.

Do I think Lane Kiffin is creepy? Yes.

Good allusion to Marinovich…2.0 as you stated!

But yeah, creepy. Hopefully his parents don’t damage his psyche too bad. Marinovich 2.0

This is exactly what some CFT bloggers, including ourselves, warned would happen–the recruitment of young teenagers to a college/university football program.

This is hard to comment on, besides saying again that it is creepy, that the parents need to exercise much greater wisdom and parenting skills, and that the Kiffin led program needs some help also. This is strange.