Ok, I know I ripped on the travel ball society a couple of weeks ago, saying that parents push their kids way to far at too young of an age, and I stand by what I said. And I have finally found a prime example of what I am talking about.

In Nevada, there is a high school student who is dropping out to get his GED, mind you that he has only completed two years of high school, so he can enroll in a junior college and enter the MLB draft in 2010 -- and his parents are OK with this. They are encouraging him to do this and told him that its alright

After I read this on ESPN.com, I sat back and thought about it. Ok, maybe the kid really is that good and he should just skip two years of high school, you know the years that some consider the best times of young persons life. Then enroll in college just so he can enter the draft and play in a league of a higher caliber.

Seriously, what is this kid thinking, and better yet, what are his parents thinking? Sure he has a batting average of .630 and is one of the best standouts for a kid his age, but that's the thing he is only a kid. He's only 16-years old and he thinks that he can play at the colligate level and even the pros in another year. Just because you are stud in a high school league and people are afraid to pitch to you, doesn't make you good enough to skip two years of high school to play college ball. And sure doesn't make you good enough to jump to MLB after one year of college.

I mean you really have to have some nerve to come out your sophomore year of high school and say I am getting my GED so I can go to college and enter the draft early. I think this kid needs his head examined. He doesn't even have a driver's license yet and he wants to go to college and play baseball so he can go pro. I don't think this kid is thinking straight and neither are his parents for letting him do this.

And it gets better.

When he was asked is he was concerned about the pressure that he will face on the next level he said no. He said that he thrives on the pressure.

So what if you played in some of the most prestigious baseball events in the country. So what you have been competing with boys that are 17 and 18-years-old. So what. That doesn't make you good enough to play in college and the pros.

I personally think the kid is shooting his mouth off and will get burned if he jumps to collegiate level. And his parents need to seriously think about what they are about to let their son do. I can understand if he was a super genius and he skipped a couple grades and went into college early for that reason, but to play baseball so he can go pro early because he thinks he's ready to play at the level; that's no just bad idea, that's bad parenting.