Upper middle class family claiming “full ride (sports) scholarship” to small D3 private college?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You all are so noxious and petty. Congrats to all the D3 players who get to continue their love of sport and any merit recieved.
—Nonsport parent (DC played through Varsity and will not play in college)

You’re missing the point. I’m super happy for the kids - 100%. I take issue with the obnoxious parents that lie about it to impress people. They’re the real a$$holes here.

A$$holes, really? Just let it go.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You all are so noxious and petty. Congrats to all the D3 players who get to continue their love of sport and any merit recieved.
—Nonsport parent (DC played through Varsity and will not play in college)

You’re missing the point. I’m super happy for the kids - 100%. I take issue with the obnoxious parents that lie about it to impress people. They’re the real a$$holes here.

A$$holes, really? Just let it go.

Yes. A$$holes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You all are so noxious and petty. Congrats to all the D3 players who get to continue their love of sport and any merit recieved.
—Nonsport parent (DC played through Varsity and will not play in college)

You’re missing the point. I’m super happy for the kids - 100%. I take issue with the obnoxious parents that lie about it to impress people. They’re the real a$$holes here.

A$$holes, really? Just let it go.

Yes. A$$holes.

Reject your sense of injury, and the injury itself disappears.

- Marcus Aurelius

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You all are so noxious and petty. Congrats to all the D3 players who get to continue their love of sport and any merit recieved.
—Nonsport parent (DC played through Varsity and will not play in college)

You’re missing the point. I’m super happy for the kids - 100%. I take issue with the obnoxious parents that lie about it to impress people. They’re the real a$$holes here.

A$$holes, really? Just let it go.

Yes. A$$holes.

Reject your sense of injury, and the injury itself disappears.

- Marcus Aurelius

Nope. Still annoying a$$holes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:With only a very few exceptions, the only full ride D1 athletic scholarships (for males at least) are for football and basketball. All others are partials. Half if lucky, but more likely 1/3 or 1/4. That makes the D3 full scholarship boast even more absurd.

Absolute horseshit. My nephew got a full ride for swimming and my coworkers sons- both of them- got full rides for baseball.

Is your nephew a world class swimmer? Full rides can happen but they are exceedingly rare. If he’s not heading to the Olympics he didn’t get a full ride.

Again- thats me youre quoting, and yes, he is connected with the Olympics.

Are you sure your coworker didn't say "my kid got a baseball scholarship," which you interpreted to be a "full scholarship" and you now know to be false?

Am I sure I understand the situation of the guy who sits next to me from 8-5, M-F, 5 days a week for the last 6 years? Yeah, I'm sure.

And an Olympic level nephew swimmer.
The odds of one person you know getting a full ride in either of those sports is vanishingly small. Yet you know 3.
Not buying it.

DP. What a weird take. Dude could work at a sports agency, or Nike, or IMG, or literally anywhere.

You do know that shit tons of kids get full rides to D1 schools, right? You think most MLB players paid full freight? Feel free to be the fool. I won't stop you.

4.3% of MLB players have a college degree. So yeah, you keep telling yourself they’re giving out free rides left and right. Baseball players can be drafted right out of HS. A small percentage are coming from college. So no, MOST MLB players are not getting full rides in college.

1. Give us a source for that claim
2. Give us the number of those that attended college

[Anonymous]

My neighbor's daughter is rowing for Delaware this year. Full ride.

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Anonymous wrote:With only a very few exceptions, the only full ride D1 athletic scholarships (for males at least) are for football and basketball. All others are partials. Half if lucky, but more likely 1/3 or 1/4. That makes the D3 full scholarship boast even more absurd.

Absolute horseshit. My nephew got a full ride for swimming and my coworkers sons- both of them- got full rides for baseball.

Is your nephew a world class swimmer? Full rides can happen but they are exceedingly rare. If he’s not heading to the Olympics he didn’t get a full ride.

Again- thats me youre quoting, and yes, he is connected with the Olympics.

Are you sure your coworker didn't say "my kid got a baseball scholarship," which you interpreted to be a "full scholarship" and you now know to be false?

Am I sure I understand the situation of the guy who sits next to me from 8-5, M-F, 5 days a week for the last 6 years? Yeah, I'm sure.

And an Olympic level nephew swimmer.
The odds of one person you know getting a full ride in either of those sports is vanishingly small. Yet you know 3.
Not buying it.

DP. What a weird take. Dude could work at a sports agency, or Nike, or IMG, or literally anywhere.

You do know that shit tons of kids get full rides to D1 schools, right? You think most MLB players paid full freight? Feel free to be the fool. I won't stop you.

4.3% of MLB players have a college degree. So yeah, you keep telling yourself they’re giving out free rides left and right. Baseball players can be drafted right out of HS. A small percentage are coming from college. So no, MOST MLB players are not getting full rides in college.

1. Give us a source for that claim
2. Give us the number of those that attended college

DP, but I'll answer. 47% of all MLB players played in college.

https://en.as.com/en/2022/03/05/mlb/1646501180_395427.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My neighbor's daughter is rowing for Delaware this year. Full ride.

And?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You all are so noxious and petty. Congrats to all the D3 players who get to continue their love of sport and any merit recieved.
—Nonsport parent (DC played through Varsity and will not play in college)

Respectfully, congrats for what exactly? Anyone can walk on low rank D3 teams. Most of these kids will quit the sport after a year of riding the bench. It’s just these travel sports parents trying to save face because they can’t come to grips with the fact they wasted money and years of free time gunning for a D1 offer that never materialized.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You all are so noxious and petty. Congrats to all the D3 players who get to continue their love of sport and any merit recieved.
—Nonsport parent (DC played through Varsity and will not play in college)

Respectfully, congrats for what exactly? Anyone can walk on low rank D3 teams. Most of these kids will quit the sport after a year of riding the bench. It’s just these travel sports parents trying to save face because they can’t come to grips with the fact they wasted money and years of free time gunning for a D1 offer that never materialized.

Why do you care?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You all are so noxious and petty. Congrats to all the D3 players who get to continue their love of sport and any merit recieved.
—Nonsport parent (DC played through Varsity and will not play in college)

Respectfully, congrats for what exactly? Anyone can walk on low rank D3 teams. Most of these kids will quit the sport after a year of riding the bench. It’s just these travel sports parents trying to save face because they can’t come to grips with the fact they wasted money and years of free time gunning for a D1 offer that never materialized.

You are just wrong. My son is in the middle of recruitment for baseball. Kids on his travel team will go D1, D2, D3, and JUCO. His high school’s top players will go D3, no D1 talent. Getting on the radar of the D3s is just as hard as D1 - sure, a lower level player, but they still have to want you. You can’t show up and decide to play. They have full rosters and don’t just add walk ons.

Mock D3 athletes if it gets you off - whatever gets you through the day. But you are wrong about what it takes to play at a D3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You all are so noxious and petty. Congrats to all the D3 players who get to continue their love of sport and any merit recieved.
—Nonsport parent (DC played through Varsity and will not play in college)

Respectfully, congrats for what exactly? Anyone can walk on low rank D3 teams. Most of these kids will quit the sport after a year of riding the bench. It’s just these travel sports parents trying to save face because they can’t come to grips with the fact they wasted money and years of free time gunning for a D1 offer that never materialized.

You are just wrong. My son is in the middle of recruitment for baseball. Kids on his travel team will go D1, D2, D3, and JUCO. His high school’s top players will go D3, no D1 talent. Getting on the radar of the D3s is just as hard as D1 - sure, a lower level player, but they still have to want you. You can’t show up and decide to play. They have full rosters and don’t just add walk ons.

Mock D3 athletes if it gets you off - whatever gets you through the day. But you are wrong about what it takes to play at a D3.

I hear what you are saying...but go pick a random D3 school in the middle of nowhere that has a 90%+ acceptance rate. I randomly picked Alma College. I would be shocked if you are 1/2 decent player and you decide to attend that school that you can't walk on that team.

An NESCAC or a school like Emory, JHU, etc....that's a completely different animal. However, there are hundreds of Alma's out there.

BTW, your travel coach needs to warn kids about JUCO. The transfer portal has destroyed the value of JUCO and increasingly doesn't lead anywhere...at the very least, make sure the JUCO has direct admit to a good flagship so have a good option when baseball doesn't work out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You all are so noxious and petty. Congrats to all the D3 players who get to continue their love of sport and any merit recieved.
—Nonsport parent (DC played through Varsity and will not play in college)

Respectfully, congrats for what exactly? Anyone can walk on low rank D3 teams. Most of these kids will quit the sport after a year of riding the bench. It’s just these travel sports parents trying to save face because they can’t come to grips with the fact they wasted money and years of free time gunning for a D1 offer that never materialized.

You are just wrong. My son is in the middle of recruitment for baseball. Kids on his travel team will go D1, D2, D3, and JUCO. His high school’s top players will go D3, no D1 talent. Getting on the radar of the D3s is just as hard as D1 - sure, a lower level player, but they still have to want you. You can’t show up and decide to play. They have full rosters and don’t just add walk ons.

Mock D3 athletes if it gets you off - whatever gets you through the day. But you are wrong about what it takes to play at a D3.

I hear what you are saying...but go pick a random D3 school in the middle of nowhere that has a 90%+ acceptance rate. I randomly picked Alma College. I would be shocked if you are 1/2 decent player and you decide to attend that school that you can't walk on that team.

An NESCAC or a school like Emory, JHU, etc....that's a completely different animal. However, there are hundreds of Alma's out there.

BTW, your travel coach needs to warn kids about JUCO. The transfer portal has destroyed the value of JUCO and increasingly doesn't lead anywhere...at the very least, make sure the JUCO has direct admit to a good flagship so have a good option when baseball doesn't work out.

But no one is talking about the middle of nowhere. People are talking about Gettysburg, Lynchburg, Washington College, etc. No one is walking on there unless they are the real deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You all are so noxious and petty. Congrats to all the D3 players who get to continue their love of sport and any merit recieved.
—Nonsport parent (DC played through Varsity and will not play in college)

Respectfully, congrats for what exactly? Anyone can walk on low rank D3 teams. Most of these kids will quit the sport after a year of riding the bench. It’s just these travel sports parents trying to save face because they can’t come to grips with the fact they wasted money and years of free time gunning for a D1 offer that never materialized.

You are just wrong. My son is in the middle of recruitment for baseball. Kids on his travel team will go D1, D2, D3, and JUCO. His high school’s top players will go D3, no D1 talent. Getting on the radar of the D3s is just as hard as D1 - sure, a lower level player, but they still have to want you. You can’t show up and decide to play. They have full rosters and don’t just add walk ons.

Mock D3 athletes if it gets you off - whatever gets you through the day. But you are wrong about what it takes to play at a D3.

I hear what you are saying...but go pick a random D3 school in the middle of nowhere that has a 90%+ acceptance rate. I randomly picked Alma College. I would be shocked if you are 1/2 decent player and you decide to attend that school that you can't walk on that team.

An NESCAC or a school like Emory, JHU, etc....that's a completely different animal. However, there are hundreds of Alma's out there.

BTW, your travel coach needs to warn kids about JUCO. The transfer portal has destroyed the value of JUCO and increasingly doesn't lead anywhere...at the very least, make sure the JUCO has direct admit to a good flagship so have a good option when baseball doesn't work out.

But no one is talking about the middle of nowhere. People are talking about Gettysburg, Lynchburg, Washington College, etc. No one is walking on there unless they are the real deal.

Well...yes they are. You responded to someone that said you can walk on to a low-ranked D3 team, by claiming you cannot.

My point is in fact there are hundreds of low-ranked, non-selective D3 teams that you can probably walk on the team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You all are so noxious and petty. Congrats to all the D3 players who get to continue their love of sport and any merit recieved.
—Nonsport parent (DC played through Varsity and will not play in college)

Respectfully, congrats for what exactly? Anyone can walk on low rank D3 teams. Most of these kids will quit the sport after a year of riding the bench. It’s just these travel sports parents trying to save face because they can’t come to grips with the fact they wasted money and years of free time gunning for a D1 offer that never materialized.

You are just wrong. My son is in the middle of recruitment for baseball. Kids on his travel team will go D1, D2, D3, and JUCO. His high school’s top players will go D3, no D1 talent. Getting on the radar of the D3s is just as hard as D1 - sure, a lower level player, but they still have to want you. You can’t show up and decide to play. They have full rosters and don’t just add walk ons.

Mock D3 athletes if it gets you off - whatever gets you through the day. But you are wrong about what it takes to play at a D3.

I hear what you are saying...but go pick a random D3 school in the middle of nowhere that has a 90%+ acceptance rate. I randomly picked Alma College. I would be shocked if you are 1/2 decent player and you decide to attend that school that you can't walk on that team.

An NESCAC or a school like Emory, JHU, etc....that's a completely different animal. However, there are hundreds of Alma's out there.

BTW, your travel coach needs to warn kids about JUCO. The transfer portal has destroyed the value of JUCO and increasingly doesn't lead anywhere...at the very least, make sure the JUCO has direct admit to a good flagship so have a good option when baseball doesn't work out.

But no one is talking about the middle of nowhere. People are talking about Gettysburg, Lynchburg, Washington College, etc. No one is walking on there unless they are the real deal.

Well...yes they are. You responded to someone that said you can walk on to a low-ranked D3 team, by claiming you cannot.

My point is in fact there are hundreds of low-ranked, non-selective D3 teams that you can probably walk on the team.

DP but read the bolded word in your comment, ponder why it’s bolded, and then just stop talking.