Sporty families bragging about offers and committing to awful colleges in the middle of nowhere?

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Anonymous wrote:I lost you at “awful colleges.”

+1.

OP is a thing kind of similar to “twit.” But with a different vowel

[Anonymous]

OP, mind your own business...

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I was kind of surprised at the kids one year younger than my DD who went to a not great college to play whatever sport. I just think that a quality education is worth more one selected so that DC could play the sport.

Smart kids who did well in school and parents who seemed to have the money to send them where ever.

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OP please unfriend these people because you are clearly not a friend .....

[Anonymous]

Kids who play sports develop a lot of skills and character traits that translate well to business and to life in general. I would not write these kids off too quickly.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids who play sports develop a lot of skills and character traits that translate well to business and to life in general. I would not write these kids off too quickly.

Why would you write them off at all?

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Anonymous wrote:Facebook feed is full of this right now. Nothing we'd ever do, but if you want to brag about your child's athletic offer from D1 UVA or Michigan or using sports as a hook to get into super-selective Dartmouth, Chicago or Williams, be my guest. But those are less than 5% of sporty families. The rest boast how their 15 years of sports obsession netted their kids D3 offers from completely mediocre regional private colleges nobody has ever heard of. Or some open admit regional public commuter university they'd never entertain going to were it not for the chance to play sports. What's the mindset that drives this? Seem so irrational. After freshman year, most kids quietly quit the sport and often transfer to a bigger university their high school friends went to.


Is it ego? Do sporty parents lack the ability to cede the 15 years of sports obsession can gracefully end in 12th grade?

I'm with you, OP. Many of my high school friends' parents did this too.

I don't understand why they put a focus on sports over education. This was the opposite of my parents, who also wanted us to play sports, but prioritized education.

Shrug.

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My experience supports the practice where kids go to play sports (D3 soccer, basketball, lacrosse) at some no-name school, and after a year, transfer to a better school, where they no longer play. Deciding after high school to play sports, after being somewhat heavily recruited, they soon realize the athletic experience does not overcome a mediocre academic or social experience, so they bail.

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Anonymous wrote:Some people really did plan on sports to pay college tuition so they take what they can get.

No athletic scholarships for D3. And these sort of low caliber colleges, the financial aid is abysmal.

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College athletes can use their experience to network later. DH went on a d1 scholarship to a mediocre (not highly ranked for academics at all) state school. He along with most of his team make $300-750k with a bachelor degree so it has worked out. A lot of tech employers will seek out D1 athletes for sales teams. He works with all former athletes. Had it been my own kid I would have insisted he leverage his athletic schools to get into a better academic d3 school but DH didn’t have that kind of guidance from his parents at the time. It still worked out.

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leverage his athletic skills- sorry! He had some offers to prestigious private schools d3

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All this tells me is that you circulate in the wrong crowd, at least on FB.

You should explore why that is, instead of criticizing.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids who play sports develop a lot of skills and character traits that translate well to business and to life in general. I would not write these kids off too quickly.

Why would you write them off at all?

That question should be posed to the OP of this thread. I was pointing out that the OP shouldn’t make assumptions about those athletic kids.

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Anonymous wrote:My experience supports the practice where kids go to play sports (D3 soccer, basketball, lacrosse) at some no-name school, and after a year, transfer to a better school, where they no longer play. Deciding after high school to play sports, after being somewhat heavily recruited, they soon realize the athletic experience does not overcome a mediocre academic or social experience, so they bail.

Your experience supports?

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Anonymous wrote:The title of this post alone is such perfect DCUM lmao

SO true! Absurdity at its finest.