If you're a reasonably strong athlete, what's the easiest recruited sport to play in college?

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Anonymous wrote:"You won't see any Ivy players drafted to the NFL anymore."
Do some research. Yale had two just this year.

However, going forward starting next year when football players will be paid directly by the Power 4 colleges plus NIL money, you won’t see any players going Ivy that have NFL potential.

Same reason no Ivy basketball players will get drafted anymore.

If you look at the all-IVY basketball all starts, I believe nearly all transferred to other schools including a local Harvard kid that transferred to Georgetown because the NiL $$$s are too much to pass up.

I don't know about "you won't see any..." There will be a few who don't need the money "right now" and want the Ivy degree more. Competition may be greater at the handful of elite schools that also have really competitive D1 football programs, though.

If they are NFL material they don’t care much about an Ivy degree…that has always been the case (which is why very few have ever been drafted)…but the calculation is different if it’s free college + NiL up to the millions + salary from college as much as $100k per year.

If you have Duke, Vandy, Stanford, Northwestern and others participating in this madness, I don’t think anyone thinks they have a lesser degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For girls or boys, discuss.

And on the other side, what do you consider the hardest sport to get recruited for if you do not have elite talent?

To add on to the football discussion, if you're a reasonably strong football player on a good high school football team, then, based on my anecdotal observations, it does seem easier to be recruited.

I'm not talking about being recruited to play at D1 football powerhouses like Michigan / Notre Dame / Penn State / Stanford, but being recruited to Ivies and places like Wash U, Bucknell, Washington & Lee, etc. I have seen decent (but not amazing) HS football players receive offers from multiple Ivies. IME, you don't have to be at the absolute top in terms of football or academic prowess to play football at many highly ranked schools.

If you think about it, football teams are large and include many different body types and skills for the various positions.

Hardest sport to be recruited for boys -- maybe basketball. Teams are smaller, height is very important, competition is tough.

It's funny from what I've observed small kids really like basketball, it's very civilized for a contact sport, early on they have reflexes and speed. It isn't like football or even soccer can have some brutal hits. The funny part is smaller kids just aren't very good at it, though there are some exceptions. I think if you're in the ideal basketball height range 6'6"-6'9" it isn't too difficult to get recruited somewhere. The thing is many kids that tall will continue to develop even later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[quote=Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"You won't see any Ivy players drafted to the NFL anymore."
Do some research. Yale had two just this year.

However, going forward starting next year when football players will be paid directly by the Power 4 colleges plus NIL money, you won’t see any players going Ivy that have NFL potential.

Same reason no Ivy basketball players will get drafted anymore.

If you look at the all-IVY basketball all starts, I believe nearly all transferred to other schools including a local Harvard kid that transferred to Georgetown because the NiL $$$s are too much to pass up.

I don't know about "you won't see any..." There will be a few who don't need the money "right now" and want the Ivy degree more. Competition may be greater at the handful of elite schools that also have really competitive D1 football programs, though.

If they are NFL material they don’t care much about an Ivy degree…that has always been the case (which is why very few have ever been drafted)…but the calculation is different if it’s free college + NiL up to the millions + salary from college as much as $100k per year.

If you have Duke, Vandy, Stanford, Northwestern and others participating in this madness, I don’t think anyone thinks they have a lesser degree.
Wasn't the question aboit college recruiting, not NFL drafting? Colleges still have football teams to field, despite the children of DCUM not playing football.

[Anonymous]

Hardest (for boys): statistically speaking, basketball & tennis

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hardest (for boys): statistically speaking, basketball & tennis

This. I think hardest for girls is volleyball