The decisions don't stop at the signing.
College is where the hardest calls live — stay or go, fight or move, and now the money is real. I've been on a college roster and an NFL depth chart, and I hold the licenses most advisors don't. Every one of these decisions is both football and finance. We treat it that way.
My kid's in college. Stay or go?
Your kid landed somewhere, played some, and now the portal is whispering. Everyone with an opinion has something to gain — the coach wants the roster settled, the collective wants the price down, the group chat wants the story.
A transfer can be the best move your kid ever makes. It can also burn a year, a degree plan, and a depth-chart spot that was about to open.
We make the decision with you, family-side: what's actually waiting at the next school versus the grass-is-greener version — depth chart, system fit, the coach's real tenure.
And the money. NIL and revenue share changed the math on every one of these calls. I'm licensed (Series 6, 63, 7) to talk through the dollars, not just the depth chart — most advisors can do one or the other. This decision is both.
The wrong transfer doesn't announce itself for a year. By then the year is spent.
We picked the wrong school. Now what?
The highest bidder won, the skills didn't transfer, and the line of schools that wanted your kid isn't waiting outside anymore. Your kid isn't a bust — your kid is misplaced. Those are different problems, with different fixes.
An honest read on fight-for-it versus move — what's recoverable where they are, what's real elsewhere, and how to act without torching the relationships, the eligibility, or the options your kid still has.
Nobody plans to be here. The families who recover fastest are the ones who name it early.
Any sport — here's how this works in yours. Still in high school? That page is for your family.