YBE 040: Perfect Game Responds To ‘The Arm’ with Jerry Ford

Jerry Ford, President and founder of Perfect Game, responds to the criticisms of Perfect Game by "The Arm" author Jeff Passan. This is part 2 of a two-part interview with Jerry.

In this 45-minute episode, you'll learn:

• why Perfect Game conducts so many events year-round
• the research that Jerry believes exonerates Perfect Game as the cause of most Tommy John surgeries
• whether all Perfect Game events follow Pitch Smart guidelines
• Jerry's response to Jeff Passan's claims about Perfect Game's critics and the "universal enmity" against Perfect Game
• why the obsession over winning tournaments is a problem, and whether the problem exists at Perfect Game events
• whether Perfect Game penalizes players who do not attend their events
• whether Perfect Game encourages players to attend certain events
• whether Jerry has heard of, or is concerned about, MLB wanting to take over the high school scouting industry
• a fascinating idea Jerry has for the future to cull new and impactful baseball players

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• The 2016 Perfect Game All-American Classic (video)
• The 2015 Perfect Game All-American Classic (video)
• Perfect Game's response to The Arm
• The Arm book
• my interview with Jeff Passan on Session 36 and Session 37

Plus, a pre-announcement of a cool new way to support the show, coming within the next couple weeks. Right-click on this link and 'Save as...' to download this episode.

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