Duke Women's Soccer

[Anonymous]

Man, I read the article that was posted and I don't know if I would want that out there if I was in their shoes.

Was it written and shared to try to show that these two are deserving of their spots because of their academic and athletic achievements before they were at Duke?

It just came across in the wrong way, IMO. Look how wonderful we are - we are raising $$ for cancer research, we are sisters and best friends and oh yeah, the coach from a top program just called and offered me a spot on the team that my sister plays and my family has influence. How about that!

It's tough because no matter how great these two young ladies are, they always will be looked on and scrutinized for who they are and they didn't pick that.

All the best to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Man, I read the article that was posted and I don't know if I would want that out there if I was in their shoes.

Was it written and shared to try to show that these two are deserving of their spots because of their academic and athletic achievements before they were at Duke?

It just came across in the wrong way, IMO. Look how wonderful we are - we are raising $$ for cancer research, we are sisters and best friends and oh yeah, the coach from a top program just called and offered me a spot on the team that my sister plays and my family has influence. How about that!

It's tough because no matter how great these two young ladies are, they always will be looked on and scrutinized for who they are and they didn't pick that.

All the best to them.

agreed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Man, I read the article that was posted and I don't know if I would want that out there if I was in their shoes.

Was it written and shared to try to show that these two are deserving of their spots because of their academic and athletic achievements before they were at Duke?

It just came across in the wrong way, IMO. Look how wonderful we are - we are raising $$ for cancer research, we are sisters and best friends and oh yeah, the coach from a top program just called and offered me a spot on the team that my sister plays and my family has influence. How about that!

It's tough because no matter how great these two young ladies are, they always will be looked on and scrutinized for who they are and they didn't pick that.

All the best to them.

It looks like their mother, or father, contacted the school paper, pushed for and then wrote the article. How many end of the bench or sitting in the stands on game days team members (not players) in any sport get an article like this? It's probably close to zero.

If I was the sports editor, I'd say no if a reporter came to me with this as a story idea.

The football team had an ACC title game coming up and it is basketball season. Basketball is king at Duke. This comes across as nothing more than another act of shameless self promotion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man, I read the article that was posted and I don't know if I would want that out there if I was in their shoes.

Was it written and shared to try to show that these two are deserving of their spots because of their academic and athletic achievements before they were at Duke?

It just came across in the wrong way, IMO. Look how wonderful we are - we are raising $$ for cancer research, we are sisters and best friends and oh yeah, the coach from a top program just called and offered me a spot on the team that my sister plays and my family has influence. How about that!

It's tough because no matter how great these two young ladies are, they always will be looked on and scrutinized for who they are and they didn't pick that.

All the best to them.

It looks like their mother, or father, contacted the school paper, pushed for and then wrote the article. How many end of the bench or sitting in the stands on game days team members (not players) in any sport get an article like this? It's probably close to zero.

If I was the sports editor, I'd say no if a reporter came to me with this as a story idea.

The football team had an ACC title game coming up and it is basketball season. Basketball is king at Duke. This comes across as nothing more than another act of shameless self promotion.

+1 I don’t know who thought it was a great idea to draw even more attention to two sisters who are taking up roster spots and getting no playing time. I’d think most young adults would be horrified to have their parents arrange for the publication of this sort of promotional puff piece in their circumstance.

[Anonymous]

There is no way their parents arranged for that. Why would they. Find something better to dwell on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no way their parents arranged for that. Why would they. Find something better to dwell on.

Weird post. Did you read it? Who else besides the parents or some other relative would have? It was an utterly non-newsworthy article, complete with a ton of detail about the kids’ childhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no way their parents arranged for that. Why would they. Find something better to dwell on.

Weird post. Did you read it? Who else besides the parents or some other relative would have? It was an utterly non-newsworthy article, complete with a ton of detail about the kids’ childhood.

+1 - Agree it was an odd thing to put out there and one that i find pretty cringey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no way their parents arranged for that. Why would they. Find something better to dwell on.

No one is dwelling on anything except the parents of these girls trying to prove something that never happened. They were not recruited to Duke. They don't play and they never will play at Duke. The information is put out to the public (often) and people are commenting. These folks are the perfect example of not being able to compete at the level THEY want, so they use everything in their arsenal to create their own spin. If it was my kids (and it's not so they can do whatever they want), I'd be happy that I had the cash to buy them spots on the bench and leave it at that...this advertising campaign of being recruited to DUKE and being high level soccer players is a joke and it's insulting to the girls that have actually accomplished this very difficult goal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no way their parents arranged for that. Why would they. Find something better to dwell on.

No one is dwelling on anything except the parents of these girls trying to prove something that never happened. They were not recruited to Duke. They don't play and they never will play at Duke. The information is put out to the public (often) and people are commenting. These folks are the perfect example of not being able to compete at the level THEY want, so they use everything in their arsenal to create their own spin. If it was my kids (and it's not so they can do whatever they want), I'd be happy that I had the cash to buy them spots on the bench and leave it at that...this advertising campaign of being recruited to DUKE and being high level soccer players is a joke and it's insulting to the girls that have actually accomplished this very difficult goal.

This is exactly it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no way their parents arranged for that. Why would they. Find something better to dwell on.

Weird post. Did you read it? Who else besides the parents or some other relative would have? It was an utterly non-newsworthy article, complete with a ton of detail about the kids’ childhood.

+1 - Agree it was an odd thing to put out there and one that i find pretty cringey.

It's kind of like if a guy married his boss' daughter. Then he kept getting promoted until he was a boss. Then he bought up every version of his name on web domains, .com, .net. .us, and started highlighting his "accomplishments."

It's cringe like that for sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no way their parents arranged for that. Why would they. Find something better to dwell on.

No one is dwelling on anything except the parents of these girls trying to prove something that never happened. They were not recruited to Duke. They don't play and they never will play at Duke. The information is put out to the public (often) and people are commenting. These folks are the perfect example of not being able to compete at the level THEY want, so they use everything in their arsenal to create their own spin. If it was my kids (and it's not so they can do whatever they want), I'd be happy that I had the cash to buy them spots on the bench and leave it at that...this advertising campaign of being recruited to DUKE and being high level soccer players is a joke and it's insulting to the girls that have actually accomplished this very difficult goal.

This is exactly it.

Well everyone knows that but 10 pages of comments is probably not worth it because that is the kind of attention they are seeking. It is like that celebrity that nobody cares about them they go a create a problem to get attention in the media . 10 pages of comments is exactly what these kind of celebrities are looking for. So why not just let this topic die. Honestly nobody cares about someone who buys his way up. No credibility so nobody should care .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no way their parents arranged for that. Why would they. Find something better to dwell on.

No one is dwelling on anything except the parents of these girls trying to prove something that never happened. They were not recruited to Duke. They don't play and they never will play at Duke. The information is put out to the public (often) and people are commenting. These folks are the perfect example of not being able to compete at the level THEY want, so they use everything in their arsenal to create their own spin. If it was my kids (and it's not so they can do whatever they want), I'd be happy that I had the cash to buy them spots on the bench and leave it at that...this advertising campaign of being recruited to DUKE and being high level soccer players is a joke and it's insulting to the girls that have actually accomplished this very difficult goal.

This is exactly it.

Well everyone knows that but 10 pages of comments is probably not worth it because that is the kind of attention they are seeking. It is like that celebrity that nobody cares about them they go a create a problem to get attention in the media . 10 pages of comments is exactly what these kind of celebrities are looking for. So why not just let this topic die. Honestly nobody cares about someone who buys his way up. No credibility so nobody should care .

Serious question. Why do you want the topic to die?

Of course people care. Most everyone on the soccer and college forums here would love to have their kids end up getting recruited to a college like Duke. Most of us cannot, even if we have very talented kids and can afford full pay (most people cannot pay $94+k per year, FYI).

This family, in the wake of Varsity Blues, got two kids on the bench at one of the top schools in the country. Kids who it seems could have gotten in on their academic merits with or without their parents’ help. Seems like the family should be quietly rejoicing. Instead they arranged for this embarrassing article to be published by this school newspaper that clearly has zero journalistic standards.

I truly hope that the kids in this family are able to find their own path at some point. And that the parents maybe have someone in their lives who can tell them that their kids should be free to forge their own paths.