University of Arkansas commit Alex Collins' mother ran off with his letter of intent today. Most will find this story humorous but it's not. It is a crying shame Collins' mother is putting her son through this ordeal.
She wants her son to stay close to home and attend the University of Miami. Collins attends South Plantation High School in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, which is just an hour north of UM's Coral Gables campus. Every parent worries and fears for their children when the embark on leaving home for the first time. And every parent would prefer to have their children an hour down the road, as opposed to half way across the country.
Still that trepidation, doesn't warrant Collins' mother decision to take his letter of intent. That on her son's biggest day of his life so far, she could only think about her feelings. While her son should be filled with great pride and excitement about the next step in his life. He is going to spend the day consumed in a feelings of shame and embarrassment.
Going to college for the first time is tough enough for 18 year old kid, and that pressure is magnified ten fold when that kid is going to school as a scholarship athlete. So for the mother to pile more pressure and stress on a kid to attend a school he doesn't want to is foolish. The experience of transforming from a young adult to a man is hard enough, to try to do it an environment that is uncomfortable is nearly impossible.
They say mother knows best. And I hope that Alex Collins' mother comes to the realization that what is in her son's heart is more important today then what is in her own.
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