Ivy Spring Season Cancelled

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Without lax, would your DC have gotten into that Ivy? See it as what it is - a fun competitive sport that has no practical application in the real world - and have them focus on their classes.

Signed,
A former college rower

As the parent of an athlete that is effected, it is not just some sport w no practical application. They learn teamwork, discipline, time management, communication, dealing with stress, etc. I would think you would know that as a former athlete. The idea that somehow sports are just some lame/worthless exercise I expect from people that have a passion for extracurricular activities not in sport (arts, sciences, nature etc). They have never or will never understand what it takes to compete and be relied upon as part of a team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Without lax, would your DC have gotten into that Ivy? See it as what it is - a fun competitive sport that has no practical application in the real world - and have them focus on their classes.

Signed,
A former college rower

Sorry. You don't get to compare rowing to real team sports. Nice try, though.

You’re so right. Rowing is an Olympic sport. Lax is just soccer with sticks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Without lax, would your DC have gotten into that Ivy? See it as what it is - a fun competitive sport that has no practical application in the real world - and have them focus on their classes.

Signed,
A former college rower

Sorry. You don't get to compare rowing to real team sports. Nice try, though.

You’re so right. Rowing is an Olympic sport. Lax is just soccer with sticks.

Hurling is a sport that is soccer with sticks. I am surprised that an educated person would be so insensitive and hateful of indigenous Americans and their strong cultural traditions. lacrosse was called the little brother of war and is a spiritually significant part of their culture. Your insensitive response can be hurtful

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Without lax, would your DC have gotten into that Ivy? See it as what it is - a fun competitive sport that has no practical application in the real world - and have them focus on their classes.

Signed,
A former college rower

As the parent of an athlete that is effected, it is not just some sport w no practical application. They learn teamwork, discipline, time management, communication, dealing with stress, etc. I would think you would know that as a former athlete. The idea that somehow sports are just some lame/worthless exercise I expect from people that have a passion for extracurricular activities not in sport (arts, sciences, nature etc). They have never or will never understand what it takes to compete and be relied upon as part of a team.

Very well said

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Without lax, would your DC have gotten into that Ivy? See it as what it is - a fun competitive sport that has no practical application in the real world - and have them focus on their classes.

Signed,
A former college rower

Boys in The Boat is now a waste of time. Forget all subtle lessons that sports have taught.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Without lax, would your DC have gotten into that Ivy? See it as what it is - a fun competitive sport that has no practical application in the real world - and have them focus on their classes.

Signed,
A former college rower

Sorry. You don't get to compare rowing to real team sports. Nice try, though.

You’re so right. Rowing is an Olympic sport. Lax is just soccer with sticks.

Curling and ballroom dancing are Olympic sports, too. What's your point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they doing it? I cannot understand the underlying motivation. There is always a reason other than the obvious. There is just no reason not to play at this point.

Uhm . . . because I don't want my kid exposed to heightened risk of contracting a serious illness for the sake of a game. And, BTW, they had lots of fun just practicing last fall.

-- NESCAC parent

There's no way any real athlete was happy about that.

There are real athletes who have a sense of priorities, lots of other interests to sustain them, and the maturity to recognize that we can't always get what we want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they doing it? I cannot understand the underlying motivation. There is always a reason other than the obvious. There is just no reason not to play at this point.

Uhm . . . because I don't want my kid exposed to heightened risk of contracting a serious illness for the sake of a game. And, BTW, they had lots of fun just practicing last fall.

-- NESCAC parent

So it's ok for your kid to be exposed to a heightened risk of contracting a serious illness during practice, but not in an actual competition....makes perfect sense.

It makes sense because you know what your school is doing as far as testing and whether your teammates are complying with COVID precautions. You don't know that about other teams.

[Anonymous]

The academic world never ceases to amaze me. They live in this bubble of tenure w no consequences and have never taken a professional risk in their life as they espouse some text book BS that they “studied” and yet we listen to them?

Sadly, sports in the Ivies are on deaths door because these tenured idiots couldn’t possibly provide the example of leading in both academics and sport due to “risk” in their eyes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Without lax, would your DC have gotten into that Ivy? See it as what it is - a fun competitive sport that has no practical application in the real world - and have them focus on their classes.

Signed,
A former college rower

Sorry. You don't get to compare rowing to real team sports. Nice try, though.

Some lax parents can’t help but be assholes, sorry pp.

Yup -- beautiful game, but some pathetic parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they doing it? I cannot understand the underlying motivation. There is always a reason other than the obvious. There is just no reason not to play at this point.

Uhm . . . because I don't want my kid exposed to heightened risk of contracting a serious illness for the sake of a game. And, BTW, they had lots of fun just practicing last fall.

-- NESCAC parent

There's no way any real athlete was happy about that.

Clearly not a Tufts athlete.

Change that post to ... we were getting crushed anyway do no loss for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they doing it? I cannot understand the underlying motivation. There is always a reason other than the obvious. There is just no reason not to play at this point.

Uhm . . . because I don't want my kid exposed to heightened risk of contracting a serious illness for the sake of a game. And, BTW, they had lots of fun just practicing last fall.

-- NESCAC parent

So it's ok for your kid to be exposed to a heightened risk of contracting a serious illness during practice, but not in an actual competition....makes perfect sense.

It makes sense because you know what your school is doing as far as testing and whether your teammates are complying with COVID precautions. You don't know that about other teams.

Somehow Amherst student athletes are all doing the right thing and their testing is infallible?

[Anonymous]

High Point's playing so just have your lax loving kid trasnfer from their Ivy school. I'm sure playing is more important than getting a degree from an Ivy school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
It is over for the Ivies. https://twitter.com/IvyLeague/status/1362463209354129408



Guessing the NESCACs will make it official soon too?

A bunch of sad inwardly focused leaders - this is all political optics, not driven by science.

They just killed their pipeline of high academic, high compete well rounded students. Too many Ivy grads we have hired and let go had strong tech skills, but could not work well in a team environment, zero social skills. Gee, i wonder where you learn those skills?

[Anonymous]

Is it the emergence if the varients that is the problem?