Scammers. Impossible to get rid of these folks. No matter what you tell them, they keep harassing you.

During my first interaction with a NCSA recruiter I was under the impression there was no cost. Then during my second interaction I was told that I could cancel anytime, wrong. The recruiters are very deceitful! They gave misleading information that's costing me thousands of dollars for literally no assistance. We reached out to have one of my sons videos professionally edited and nothing. His profile is still blank! When I realized this is a complete waste of money I tried to cancel. Since it's not a subscription, It is costing me over a thousand dollars in order to cancel. very deceitful! I will not recommend this to anyone! read more

We've been a part of this program for at least two years. We are a busy family of four and college is very important to us. I recommend this program purely on the basis of the up-to-date information and resources available. Sure you can do all of this on your own. But if you're a family that's busy and don't have the time to catch up with the latest with NCAA, NAIA, junior colleges, coaches communications, NIL, etc., then NCSA closes that gap for you. What was most helpful was the access to the seminars, coaches panels, SAT/ACT prep, and 1:1 coaching/recruit strategy & planning. With that said, you get what you put into it. We've participated in the seminars & coaches panels, followed through on our due outs, and we're already hearing back from coaches and universities . Since this program, we (including our child) can comfortably say that we have a plan for every year leading into senior year. read more

Not worth the money. My son was enrolled as a football player and received 14 offers, none of which were the result of NCSA. If your student-athlete's grades and performance are up to par Colleges and Universities will find them. read more

This program is great. You put into it. They give you the advantage it's up to you to take full advantage. You have classes and access to coaches.. again if you put into it. My love for them comes from this. I was laid off for the first time in my life. I called to stop my payments due to hard ship. I was crying and feeling the lowest I have been.. how.. pausing service for my son who works so hard ..well it was heart breaking. I wish I could remember his name.. this young man informed me not only did I complete my contract in September , he gave me a pep talk I need.. he reminded me ..just like I tell my son you need to learn to loose ..you need to remember to come back stronger. .. I will forever belive in what they do.. to help... thank you read more

Make sure you want this service because if you don't cancel within 3 days they keep your money! My son changed his mind and is pursuing a different path. I called to try to get a refund of my $1400 and was pushed around and bullied. read more

NOT NECESSARY for recruitment. They do nothing but overcharge you for no service. Complete waste of money. We have not heard from our "recruiter" since they got our money. Lots of mass emails and robo invites. read more

If you are looking for an agent that will promote your athlete, you have signed with the wrong agency. It's Just a platform to manage a list of schools and gets some useless tools. They will do nothing to personally promote the athlete. waste of over $2000 My expectation was that i pay the fees and video footage and then let NCSA do the rest. don't waste your money. Update: Got a response from "Joseph" asking me to call their offices just to get routed to the financial aid department which told you me i signed on a contract and there is no way to cancel it. nice! read more

NCSA has provided a wonderful service for the players on my team. They are able to be recruited by so many more colleges than they would have otherwise, and NCSA's education tools are top-notch. One of the athletes on our team couldn't afford NCSA, but they provided him with a free "All-In Award" which was amazing. The staff at NCSA has proven to be friendly and courteous, and they have answered all of our questions. At the end of the day, NCSA only works if your kids do the work. You can't wave a magic wand and end up on a college roster. But NCSA puts together the right game plan for kids, and they provide them with the right exposure. This is a must-have if you're looking to play in college. read more

Complete scam. Stay away and save your money. They take your money then do nothing. Great salesman selling the service but then nobody does anything for you. We knew more than all of the people we spoke with. Do not get suckered in. Save your money for college. read more

The sad part is that these guys coming through school and pitching for students to sign up makes you feel that they are genuine. The specialist over the phone made false promises just to push us into this scam. We were not ready to signup and told my son to buy some time so that we can think about it but the specialist insisted and offered a discount if we sign up. We were still not sure and at that moment the specialist offered that we should sign up and try this for 1 month. And if in that time frame we still don't want to proceed then they will cancel it and refund the charged amount. We called them to cancel and the response was we have to pay 50% as a termination fee because we didn't cancel within 3 days. Then someone called back to downgrade the plan but was asking for $543 more apart from what we had already paid. Eventually, they canceled it but kept 2 month fee that they charged us. They should change the name of NCSA to SCAM read more

Broken promises and tell you and your kid what they want to hear not what they should tell you. Plus they use a bogus 6 star system which ultimatley rates your kid higher then they should be. Dont waste you money as you can do this on your own. Get you kid evaluated and then learn how To attack the process. There is a new company that evalauted our kid and we got a 30 minute session from a former Penn State assistant. Paid $40 for the whole deal instead of the $1000+ NCSA wanted. Site is nextcollegeathlete.com read more

They are only interested in your money! Out of all the people you talk to no one tells you that you're going to be stuck in a contract. My son was injured and was unable to play his entire season and don't want anything to do with football anymore and we were still forced to pay for services that we weren't using. Best thing to do is shop your own kid. Create their Twitter account put their hudl film out there reach out to coaches on your own but make sure your child is putting in the work on the field or in whatever sport they choose! The services that they offer you can do them on your own. I only gave one star because that's the only way I could leave a review. read more

The service is ok. My son lost motivation during the pandemic so it is hard to get things done. I tried to cancel and it appears the only way to cancel is if the student hurts himself, a parent loses a job (but they will still charge you). I don't have the means to afford this service as things have declined during the pandemic. I explained I needed to help with funeral costs for my father and I was told I can cancel for a cost of $2000. The salesman lied to me about canceling, They had no compassion for my circumstances. This is no way to treat a consumer.. especially during this time. Now that I can't pay, the contract states they will take legal action in order to collect funds. read more

I started looking into the recruiting process for my Freshman son last school year and came across the NCSA. I signed up for a free account at the time to do some exploring. After signing up, I get a phone call within a couple of hours wanting to set up a conference call with my wife and son within 3 days. I travel for work and 3 days was not an option. When I explained this to him he tried to put a hard sell on me that it HAD TO BE DONE in 3 days. I told him, thanks but no thanks. Over the last year, I periodically have received emails and a few phone calls, which it did not respond to or answer. During the COVID-19 outbreak, the calls and emails have increased 10 fold. But today, April 19 was the tipping point that made me know that I will NEVER do business with this company. At 10:30am on a Sunday I received a phone call from NSCA. When I pointed out to him that it was Sunday morning, he attributed the phone call to working odd hours because of COVID. My response to that is BS. I looked at the main page of NCSA and they show a 4.8 Google rating, yet I cannot find a single Goodle review ANYWHERE. I have however seen horror stories of people getting caught in a contract after being told that they can go back to the "free" service at anytime. I would be very weary of the reviews on their own website as that would appear to be made up. Good luck with your recruiting process!!! read more

I can't speak to the service itself as we chose not to move forward. But contrary to what many have experienced, we did not get a high pressure sale. Julian was informative, helpful, and applied no pressure. Just provided helpful insights and a recommendation even though we weren't moving forward. It was a great assessment and experience. read more

In short - I would not have spent as much money on it. We signed my daughter up with an NCSA account because going it alone did not seem to be getting us the looks we had been hoping for. In the end we just discovered that we had to be a little more patient. Some kids find the right fit faster than others. One of the big reason we chose to go with NCSA is because, while I had a lot of game footage of my daughter, I am not good at putting it together in a good format. The deal I signed up for ensured they would do that for me. Unfortunately, I was not happy with that service... I sent a bunch of material and told them I had more, but wanted to make sure it was working for them. They never gave me any feedback, so I never sent them the rest of the footage. Two weeks later they posted the video (it took a week longer than they said) and it was awful. Very disappointing given that was a big reason I chose the tier I did. The next round of footage I collected I gave to my nephew...He cleaned it up in half the time and with much better quality. Don't Use NCSA for their video work. Every email we sent to coaches, we never sent the NCSA link, just the ones my nephew did. Secondly, NCSA rates your student athlete so that they have some direction on where they should fit. NCSA rated her much lower than the other people we had spoken to. I do not know if it is because they are bad at their jobs, or if they thought rating her low would guarantee she would find a school so much easier. After all, what D2 or D3 school would not love to get D1 talent? After a few months and some pushing NCSA on the issue, they ranked her more accurately... but even then they did not communicate with us about why they started where they did, or why they were willing to adjust it now. Thirdly we have all the emails... for a while it was good, but then we realized NCSA did not always keep their database up to date... so we were emailing coaches that were no longer there. This obviously upset the existing coaches. If I have to double check everything, I do not need NCSA. Also on the email side, we get a lot of emails from people in admissions, not coaches. We have gotten dozens upon dozens of emails from people who know nothing about the sport she plays. They are just using NCSA to send out mass emails. On top of that, they have not stopped even though she signed at a school months ago. Finally, I want you to know we found the right school almost in spite of NCSA, not because of it. She was invited to a camp (not through NCSA) and met a coach that helped at that camp... then went to their camp. She loved the coaching staff, the school and got offered a D1 scholarship. The one thing we got through NCSA was practice. My daughter talked to quite a few schools and went to ID camps. She learned a lot about what coaches want to see and how to communicate with them. If I had it to do all over again, I might have bought a lower tier package or just put in the work to reach out ourselves. It is a lot of work...and frustrating at times, but it pays off. read more

Me and my family have spent over 3000 dollars for their MVP service and the person who sold us the service claimed to get me into the school I wanted to and they guaranteed that I aiolis be recruited. I have been getting noticed by schools, not the ones I want though. I have been going to the workshops and sending emails to the schools I want with NO HELP from NCSA. They take your money and don't care about helping you whatsoever. I want the money or we are settling a dispute with ncsa read more

Stay away from NCSA . After you commit yourself to the overpriced nonsense, things will quickly fall apart. Please take this warning serious. This is a complete ripoff. read more

This company is only good for two things: 1) access to their coach database and 2) their discounts or free activities with The Baseball Factory. Their highly recommended coaching services are terrible. Our assigned Coach, Coach Sanchez, would only answer texts or emails after several tries and more than once did not show up to appointments. He offered little assistance in picking schools, ignoring us for months and then sending a text checking to see if my son was going to play baseball in college. My son likely will, but no thanks to NCSA... read more

They are un-responsive and full of false-promsies. My experience is that anything above the very basic package is a bait and switch and not worth it. I've heard them described as fradulent and while I would not go that far, they have been very disappointing in terms of doing what they say. read more

Do not purchase. Zero stars. Learn from me, and run the other way when you get a call from NCSA. This is my first child going through the college recruitment process and thought the service would be a helpful aid for my son and 1 less task for us parents to lead with an already hectic schedule. Well, it's the opposite. All communications have been direct from my son to coaches and vice versa. There was no aid or proactiveness from NCSA. When I called about this the response is well your son did not contact us. Umm yeah, he's a high school athlete that's busy. You do not need NCSA for recruitment. If the coaches want you they will find you with little communication. read more

Please don't make the same mistake that we did and pay for this expensive service. Set up a free profile. The schools my son was interested in and reached out to via NCSA he never heard back from on that platform. What he did find was that coaches would reach out to him directly without anything to do with NCSA. We were naive and their sales team is good at convincing you that you will be so far behind without them which is not the case at all. My son is on a track scholarship at his first choice college and NCSA played no part in that. Have your kid make direct contact with the coach and school he/she is interested in and get on their radar - and that won't cost you a dime. read more

Horrible service, salesman lies during presentation and the company cannot honor the false promises. We only found out after the fact when we started to use the service...run the other way read more

I signed up my oldest son when he started high school. As he has suffered recently from mono and getting behind in school from being tired he's decided not to play football anymore. However I have tried to down grade his account from a VIP level and they wont let me. I dont know if I want to transfer the account to my youngest son. I'm stuck now paying 1500 remaining on my account when my kid isn't even playing anymore. Frustrating you cant do anything for kids that aren't playing anymore. read more

Biggest waste of money! I finally just made my last payment for NCSA in hopes of a baseball opportunity. My son tore his UCL and could no pursue collegiate baseball. He ended up, on his own, receiving a football scholarship. I had to continue to pay another 6 months of worthless payments, after he signed for football. Unbelievable waste of money. Don't do it! read more

I am a college coach at a division 1 program and I HATE this platform. NCSA is less technologically saavy, bombards coaches with email they don't want and costs too much for the athlete. From the athlete standpoint you are paying for very little that you couldn't get for free elsewhere. Just about the only tangible service is a periodic email sent by the company in a feeble effort just to get me to sign on which I hate doing. You would achieve the exact same amount of exposure through a service like BeRecruited which is 100% free and equally visited by coaches. Between the two sites, I visit BeRecruited about 5 times for every 1 I go to NCSA. When I DO sign on to NCSA it never works as well and I am irritated with every part of the interface. read more

I would give zero stars if Yelp would let me. PARENTS, SAVE YOUR MONEY! Anything the "experts" at NCSA can tell you can be found out via Google, via your high school or select ball coach, or through the basic college counseling program at your son's high school. The money you pay them will get you nothing but junk mail, and they will advocate for your son only if he is an 80% match with a school, which, believe me, if he's an 80% match he won't need an "advocate." As other reviewers said, save your money and use it to send your son to the appropriate camps (or, say, to buy groceries!). I've never regretted an expenditure more than I do this one. Best of luck, dear baseball parents! From a veteran mom in Texas :) read more

I received unsolicited texts from Taylor at NCSA about my son. I questioned how my number was found and received a call (which I let go to vmail) and then got a message explaining how. I was not very pleased with how they got my number but thought the call in response to my question was a nice touch. Taylor also reached out to my wife. Several days later, last night, I received another text. I let Taylor know we are not interested in pursuing their services. Then this morning he calls me again and leaves a message. He apparently thought he was calling my wife this morning, though, since he addressed her in the message and not me. I texted him right back, attaching a clipped image of the text from last night in which I said we are not interested and asked him to stop contacting us. What does he do? He responds to me 5 hours later and suggests he did not contact me today and then doubles down when I let him know he did. Seriously???? I have a call log fro this morning and a message from you. What kind of shady business are you? Yah, I am going to let people like this have anything to do with my child. read more

Excellent recruiting help! Coach Heather is passionate about connecting athletes with college coaches.

Very very bad experience, not reccomanded at all. Firstable my son hesitated to sign up but he did finaly. At the beginning they send you a bunch of emails and follow up with coach !!! Conference call. After 3 months my son decided to not do it no more because it doesnt go no where just a bunch of emails but nothing real, nothing in person... so we cancel the membership by email to his coach in january 2019 but 10 months after they still charging the credit card even tho we cancelled it and change the credit card. The sale person who help us sign up said you can cancel anytime just go online and cancel. She even show you the page where to cancel, looks easy, ok ... After you sign up that page "cancel" doesnt exist no more and the financial aid will tell you "you agree for 18 months .." this is a BULL SHIIT college recruter read more

We waisted HUNDREDS of dollars with this group!!! This is the closest thing to a scam!! Not only did they not do A Thing for our son but when he decided to sign up with the military, they still wanted their money "to fulfill their contract". Don't sign! You can do this all on your own!! read more

You be the judge--Here's a rundown of my phone call with an NSCA employee who was "going to tell me a little bit more about the program." - Insists I get my husband on the line as well so that he can be involved in decision-making. - Wanted to "get on my computer" too, so he could use his pointer to show me the programs NSCA offers. - Tells me about a $3,000 package they offer, but TODAY ONLY it is $1,700. But if I hang up, he won't be able to offer the reduced price. - When I say, "I'm not interested," he says let's talk about this more. Asks me, "What's holding you back? Let's discuss it. Don't hang up..." read more

They really don't do anything that you can't do yourself. Save the money ($1000+) and use it towards tuition. It honestly is not worth the cost. The recruiter was great for the one hour "free" session to get you hooked but really did nothing beyond that point. We helped our son make all the needed connections. The only reason I am giving them 2 stars is that the site has a lot information in one place which helps decrease legwork a little. read more

I'll keep it short and sweet. It was a huge waste of money that could be used towards college instead. You are locked into the contract after 3 days and there is no consideration taken for where your child is in the recruiting process. So, my daughter is a Freshman in college and I am still paying. I paid a lot of money for zero assistance, we did it one our own. They sell you on personal connections and one on one coaching, but in the end you are just purchasing the rights to use their website. No website is worth that much money. read more

Your advertiser/ employer said we can cancel our membership whenever and I'm now to find out that that is not possible,you guys b*llsh*t me and my family when we applied and talk to us on the phone.... that's not okay giving out false information,and false advertising, I need to speak with someone ASAP I will consider taking this up with the law if it comes to it as well. You guys please don't waste your time with this, it's not beneficial. read more

No help what so ever in 2020. Took our money and ran. Confused between basketball and track. Our son did get a track scholarship by no benefit of his high school track coach or the NCSA. Avoid. read more

Honestly they seem to know a lot and may be very beneficial if you pay for one of their plans. The free profile doesn't really help because you can't access anything. ie: any college camp invite or anything similar you can't open. You could have 10 colleges looking at your profile and inviting you and it means nothing unless you subscribe. read more

I am that parent who will put life on hold to help their child catch their DESTINY! When I received my first email I thought it was something my son's coach had the team setup. While the sales rep placed my husband, son, and myself on hold I asked him "How did you hear about this program?" at the same time looking up reviews. I just want to thank everyone that left a rating that matched how the sales rep made my family feel. KMSL while I'm leaving my own review my son said NCSA doesn't deserve a star. Why? At the end of the call the sales rep tried to make my child feel bad because "HE" said no thank you to the service. "College Signing Day" I'll be back with pictures of my baby and his future college colors!!!!! It's time for my husband and I to get into "Mega Football Parent" mode!!!! read more

NCSA is a great service to help student-athletes navigate the college recruiting process. The staff is caring and highly responsive. They truly care about helping student-athletes achieve their goals, and making life easier for their parents along the way. read more