Is playing a sport in college "worth it"?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know a lot of girls and boys who played college soccer, lacrosse and field hockey who blew out a knee or achilles heel. Cross country kids seem to get fractures in their feet. Playing college sports is never as glamorous as you think.

Girls are far more susceptible to such injuries than boys.

Definitely more prone to ACL injuries. I've read medical literature and my son's sports medicine orthopedist told us this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am sure if all those athletes at Johns Hopkins could see this thread, they might need to change their majors from chemical and microbiology engineering/public health(horror) to..... PE education?

Come on - no one at Hopkins even takes the time to go watch the lax team, never mind play on the team and graduate.
Or were you referring to those quidditch matches on the lawn?

You clearly never played a sport. At D3 few players expect a crowd. You don’t expect one and you don’t need it either. You play because it’s healthy, fun and for the friendships. My daughter spent part of this summer with her college lacrosse team traveling overseas. Incredible experience. Sorry no one picked you in dodgeball. Hopefully you will learn to let go.

I did play and I continue to play in my old age even. I was and am athletically talented. I have advanced degrees in engineering and my kids are headed to college now - only playing sports ‘for fun’.
My kids were academically talented enough to get into top schools without needing to play on a sports team . Honestly because of the risk of brain injury from playing sports at a high level I’m happy that they are not continuing with the sports. Had they chose swimming or tennis I’d think differently I’m sure but everyone chose contact sports.
Other parents I know lament the fact that their 20 year old children have the ‘body of a 50 year old’ due to the endless training.

Clubhouse leader for douchiest DCUM post of the week. C’mon people, make him work for it. Oh and the body of a fifty year old comment is too funny. Trying to imagine this fake conversation where they lament the ill health of their athletic kids. Lord you’re a dope.

The trolls on this thread are ridiculous. The number personal attacks on people for expressing their points of view is ridiculous. Normal casual people do not attack and become insulting to this extent unless they are paid to do so.

These ad hominem attacks are coming from paid trolls representing the NCAA which exploits students and profits from them as well. Or perhaps they are coaches who make their careers from selling unachievable dreams to kids.

There is something wrong with coaches who encourage their players to bulk up to 300 pounds and to wear out their bodies lifting thousands of pounds every week. Tell me please what do those kids do with those 300 pound broken bodies after their football careers end?

Stop exploiting these kids, stop making a living selling these kids the big lie that playing on travel teams and playing sports in college will make them happy and successful.

The reason these trolls are so angry and so insulting is because they are running a con. It's a scam! As soon as your kid cycles through they are out recruiting another kid and another family to scam.

To 99.9% of the families out there do you really think playing sports is going to get your kid into Harvard, Hopkins, or Duke? Of course not! These people are trolls who want to profit off of your children's dreams. if your dream is to attend an Ivy they will tell you sports will get you into Harvard. If your dream is the NFL, NBA, or MLB, their program and their coaching will get you there. For a price they will stroke and sell you your dreams.

Normal people do not speak in such insulting personal terms against others who have only given their opinions about a general topic on DCUM. These trolls have gone beyond normal disagreements on this thread. These trolls have a vested financial interest in winning this debate. They won't let it go. They are afraid that some people who would have hired them will not if they stop planning on having their kids play college athletics.

These trolls won't stop because they need to win this debate. Their financial futures depend on the next crop of kids they can exploit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am sure if all those athletes at Johns Hopkins could see this thread, they might need to change their majors from chemical and microbiology engineering/public health(horror) to..... PE education?

Come on - no one at Hopkins even takes the time to go watch the lax team, never mind play on the team and graduate.
Or were you referring to those quidditch matches on the lawn?

You clearly never played a sport. At D3 few players expect a crowd. You don’t expect one and you don’t need it either. You play because it’s healthy, fun and for the friendships. My daughter spent part of this summer with her college lacrosse team traveling overseas. Incredible experience. Sorry no one picked you in dodgeball. Hopefully you will learn to let go.

I did play and I continue to play in my old age even. I was and am athletically talented. I have advanced degrees in engineering and my kids are headed to college now - only playing sports ‘for fun’.
My kids were academically talented enough to get into top schools without needing to play on a sports team . Honestly because of the risk of brain injury from playing sports at a high level I’m happy that they are not continuing with the sports. Had they chose swimming or tennis I’d think differently I’m sure but everyone chose contact sports.
Other parents I know lament the fact that their 20 year old children have the ‘body of a 50 year old’ due to the endless training.

Clubhouse leader for douchiest DCUM post of the week. C’mon people, make him work for it. Oh and the body of a fifty year old comment is too funny. Trying to imagine this fake conversation where they lament the ill health of their athletic kids. Lord you’re a dope.

The trolls on this thread are ridiculous. The number personal attacks on people for expressing their points of view is ridiculous. Normal casual people do not attack and become insulting to this extent unless they are paid to do so.

These ad hominem attacks are coming from paid trolls representing the NCAA which exploits students and profits from them as well. Or perhaps they are coaches who make their careers from selling unachievable dreams to kids.

There is something wrong with coaches who encourage their players to bulk up to 300 pounds and to wear out their bodies lifting thousands of pounds every week. Tell me please what do those kids do with those 300 pound broken bodies after their football careers end?

Stop exploiting these kids, stop making a living selling these kids the big lie that playing on travel teams and playing sports in college will make them happy and successful.

The reason these trolls are so angry and so insulting is because they are running a con. It's a scam! As soon as your kid cycles through they are out recruiting another kid and another family to scam.

To 99.9% of the families out there do you really think playing sports is going to get your kid into Harvard, Hopkins, or Duke? Of course not! These people are trolls who want to profit off of your children's dreams. if your dream is to attend an Ivy they will tell you sports will get you into Harvard. If your dream is the NFL, NBA, or MLB, their program and their coaching will get you there. For a price they will stroke and sell you your dreams.

Normal people do not speak in such insulting personal terms against others who have only given their opinions about a general topic on DCUM. These trolls have gone beyond normal disagreements on this thread. These trolls have a vested financial interest in winning this debate. They won't let it go. They are afraid that some people who would have hired them will not if they stop planning on having their kids play college athletics.

These trolls won't stop because they need to win this debate. Their financial futures depend on the next crop of kids they can exploit.

Weirdo is back. We missed you.

[Anonymous]

And now wearing a tinfoil hat. The grassy knoll!

[Anonymous]

Hey hey bloggy boy. Good to see you are out of the basement. Did mom and dad call you up for dinner? Take a stroll the field maybe you'll find someone who needs a private coach.

[Anonymous]

‘Normal casual people’. Seriously, the guy’s bananas.

[Anonymous]

Depend on the sport I guess. My darling niece is a senior playing D1 soccer. I asked her this weekend how things were going. She replied, I hate soccer and I have no life, December can't come soon enough. lol.. My DD did crew for one year, same story....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depend on the sport I guess. My darling niece is a senior playing D1 soccer. I asked her this weekend how things were going. She replied, I hate soccer and I have no life, December can't come soon enough. lol.. My DD did crew for one year, same story....

Do you think she would like it more if she went pro and did college after her career?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depend on the sport I guess. My darling niece is a senior playing D1 soccer. I asked her this weekend how things were going. She replied, I hate soccer and I have no life, December can't come soon enough. lol.. My DD did crew for one year, same story....

Does anybody say wow I love all the work at college. Not really. Most kids at competitive schools can't wait until December.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am sure if all those athletes at Johns Hopkins could see this thread, they might need to change their majors from chemical and microbiology engineering/public health(horror) to..... PE education?

Come on - no one at Hopkins even takes the time to go watch the lax team, never mind play on the team and graduate.
Or were you referring to those quidditch matches on the lawn?

You clearly never played a sport. At D3 few players expect a crowd. You don’t expect one and you don’t need it either. You play because it’s healthy, fun and for the friendships. My daughter spent part of this summer with her college lacrosse team traveling overseas. Incredible experience. Sorry no one picked you in dodgeball. Hopefully you will learn to let go.

I did play and I continue to play in my old age even. I was and am athletically talented. I have advanced degrees in engineering and my kids are headed to college now - only playing sports ‘for fun’.
My kids were academically talented enough to get into top schools without needing to play on a sports team . Honestly because of the risk of brain injury from playing sports at a high level I’m happy that they are not continuing with the sports. Had they chose swimming or tennis I’d think differently I’m sure but everyone chose contact sports.
Other parents I know lament the fact that their 20 year old children have the ‘body of a 50 year old’ due to the endless training.

Clubhouse leader for douchiest DCUM post of the week. C’mon people, make him work for it. Oh and the body of a fifty year old comment is too funny. Trying to imagine this fake conversation where they lament the ill health of their athletic kids. Lord you’re a dope.

The trolls on this thread are ridiculous. The number personal attacks on people for expressing their points of view is ridiculous. Normal casual people do not attack and become insulting to this extent unless they are paid to do so.

These ad hominem attacks are coming from paid trolls representing the NCAA which exploits students and profits from them as well. Or perhaps they are coaches who make their careers from selling unachievable dreams to kids.

There is something wrong with coaches who encourage their players to bulk up to 300 pounds and to wear out their bodies lifting thousands of pounds every week. Tell me please what do those kids do with those 300 pound broken bodies after their football careers end?

Stop exploiting these kids, stop making a living selling these kids the big lie that playing on travel teams and playing sports in college will make them happy and successful.

The reason these trolls are so angry and so insulting is because they are running a con. It's a scam! As soon as your kid cycles through they are out recruiting another kid and another family to scam.

To 99.9% of the families out there do you really think playing sports is going to get your kid into Harvard, Hopkins, or Duke? Of course not! These people are trolls who want to profit off of your children's dreams. if your dream is to attend an Ivy they will tell you sports will get you into Harvard. If your dream is the NFL, NBA, or MLB, their program and their coaching will get you there. For a price they will stroke and sell you your dreams.

Normal people do not speak in such insulting personal terms against others who have only given their opinions about a general topic on DCUM. These trolls have gone beyond normal disagreements on this thread. These trolls have a vested financial interest in winning this debate. They won't let it go. They are afraid that some people who would have hired them will not if they stop planning on having their kids play college athletics.

These trolls won't stop because they need to win this debate. Their financial futures depend on the next crop of kids they can exploit.

Right....trolls paid by the NCAA are targeting this insignificant message board. You're a certified imbecile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Depend on the sport I guess. My darling niece is a senior playing D1 soccer. I asked her this weekend how things were going. She replied, I hate soccer and I have no life, December can't come soon enough. lol.. My DD did crew for one year, same story....

Does anybody say wow I love all the work at college. Not really. Most kids at competitive schools can't wait until December.

Seriously? Maybe not your child but there are many students that enjoy the academic challenge of college.

[Anonymous]

I always like a good conspiracy theory, but in this case I actually know plenty of families who have a kid in college who is there for a sport. It really does happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reminder: only about 7% of all high school athletes play a sport at the college level.

93% chance you won't have to worry about whether or not it is "worth it"!

+1

[Anonymous]

Parents spend money on piano, guitar, singing, chess, and lacrosse lessons for their children,; that's fine. As long as you know that those private lessons are not going to help your child be admitted to Hopkins or an Ivy. Sure, spend your money anyway you see fit to enrich the life of your child. That's good parenting. But, if someone approaches you or your slightly above average 7th grader about private coaching because your child with some specialized training could make varsity and eventually win a scholarship to Hopkins - run as fast as you can because YOU are the mark.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents spend money on piano, guitar, singing, chess, and lacrosse lessons for their children,; that's fine. As long as you know that those private lessons are not going to help your child be admitted to Hopkins or an Ivy. Sure, spend your money anyway you see fit to enrich the life of your child. That's good parenting. But, if someone approaches you or your slightly above average 7th grader about private coaching because your child with some specialized training could make varsity and eventually win a scholarship to Hopkins - run as fast as you can because YOU are the mark.

I agree in principle, because talent matters and training can only take you so far, and because there is a real industry that preys on athletic pipe dreams. And yes D1 scholarships are unicorns. But don’t think for a minute that being an elite athlete isn’t a massive advantage in gaining admission to selective schools. At selective D3’s grades and test scores and EC’s matter most and without them you can’t get anywhere. But if you have those covered and you’re getting recruited, doors that are hard to crack fly open. (Not saying I like it either, because I don’t.)