If you're a reasonably strong athlete, what's the easiest recruited sport to play in college?

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Anonymous wrote:If you are under 110lbs, learn how to be a crew in sailing (NOT crew, but the second person in a double handed handed boat). A couple of years of high school sailing experience will open a ton of doors. Skippers are a very different story, but often top college crews have never set foot in a boat before college, so to have some experience, and be small and athletic, is a huge advantage.

Sailing is not an official NCAA sport. The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) is the governing authority for sailing competition at colleges and universities throughout the United States and does not allow competitors to receive scholarships or financial aid based on sailing ability

PP - I'm a former college sailor and I am well aware. However, much like men's rowing, they will find a way to give you extra money if you are coming there to sail (for example I received a "special talent" scholarship from one college for playing the violin, I had no intention of playing it in college). Moreso though it can give a boost at highly selective colleges and universities where the sailing coach does get to submit a list for consideration in admissions.

How do you get noticed by the college sailing coaches? My kid is a strong sailer at some of the local races but not sure how he would get on a coaches radar. he is just a freshman though so we are not there yet. He loves it though and definitely wants to sail in college, even if only at the club level. He is a strong student and has some other good activities so just wondering if there is any way to get him noticed for sailing or if we should try to get him noticed for something else (a non-sport activity).

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Anonymous wrote:Didn’t read entire thread…but football if you are aiming for academic D1 schools (Ivy, Patriot League and the league that Georgetown is in).

Not enough smart kids play football because of head injuries, but every school has a team and they need to recruit lots of them.

These schools also have lightweight football teams…which I have never understood. It’s not a D1 sport, but I still assume they recruit for some players?

They do not, and if you think football is the easiest you're sadly mistaken. The level of competition is extremely high, and your remark of "not enough smart kids" playing smacks of racism since over 50% of college players are black while being roughly 13% of the population.

There are over 1 million kids playing high school football in the US. There are roughly 125 Division 1 programs, each with 85 scholarships. The odds of receiving a Division 1 football scholarship are less than 1%.

Educate yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn’t read entire thread…but football if you are aiming for academic D1 schools (Ivy, Patriot League and the league that Georgetown is in).

Not enough smart kids play football because of head injuries, but every school has a team and they need to recruit lots of them.

These schools also have lightweight football teams…which I have never understood. It’s not a D1 sport, but I still assume they recruit for some players?

They do not, and if you think football is the easiest you're sadly mistaken. The level of competition is extremely high, and your remark of "not enough smart kids" playing smacks of racism since over 50% of college players are black while being roughly 13% of the population.

There are over 1 million kids playing high school football in the US. There are roughly 125 Division 1 programs, each with 85 scholarships. The odds of receiving a Division 1 football scholarship are less than 1%.

Educate yourself.

I specifically listed conferences that don’t give athletic scholarships or minimal athletic scholarships. Not to mention all the D3 schools with teams.

The recent settlement increases roster sizes to 105 with scholarships.

I am actually fairly educated on the topic yet you seem to need to maybe pay attention.

In fact, as I will state once more, football is one of the best ways to get recruited to D1 schools that don’t give much or zero in football scholarships.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn’t read entire thread…but football if you are aiming for academic D1 schools (Ivy, Patriot League and the league that Georgetown is in).

Not enough smart kids play football because of head injuries, but every school has a team and they need to recruit lots of them.

These schools also have lightweight football teams…which I have never understood. It’s not a D1 sport, but I still assume they recruit for some players?

They do not, and if you think football is the easiest you're sadly mistaken. The level of competition is extremely high, and your remark of "not enough smart kids" playing smacks of racism since over 50% of college players are black while being roughly 13% of the population.

There are over 1 million kids playing high school football in the US. There are roughly 125 Division 1 programs, each with 85 scholarships. The odds of receiving a Division 1 football scholarship are less than 1%.

Educate yourself.

I specifically listed conferences that don’t give athletic scholarships or minimal athletic scholarships. Not to mention all the D3 schools with teams.

The recent settlement increases roster sizes to 105 with scholarships.

I am actually fairly educated on the topic yet you seem to need to maybe pay attention.

In fact, as I will state once more, football is one of the best ways to get recruited to D1 schools that don’t give much or zero in football scholarships.

Da troof right here

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Anonymous wrote:Didn’t read entire thread…but football if you are aiming for academic D1 schools (Ivy, Patriot League and the league that Georgetown is in).

Not enough smart kids play football because of head injuries, but every school has a team and they need to recruit lots of them.

These schools also have lightweight football teams…which I have never understood. It’s not a D1 sport, but I still assume they recruit for some players?

Racist idiot. The hardest sport to get recruited in is football. The NFL has plenty of Ivy League students and top colleges that go right into the NFL. Not an easy feat.
Recruited players mostly come from the football universities mostly down south but plenty come from top 50 schools.

The easiest sport to get recruited for is baseball. And they can’t even give away female golf scholarships because it’s such an old persons game.

I think most men would play football in a heartbeat if they had the talent, the strength, the balls, but they can’t so they put it down.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn’t read entire thread…but football if you are aiming for academic D1 schools (Ivy, Patriot League and the league that Georgetown is in).

Not enough smart kids play football because of head injuries, but every school has a team and they need to recruit lots of them.

These schools also have lightweight football teams…which I have never understood. It’s not a D1 sport, but I still assume they recruit for some players?

Racist idiot. The hardest sport to get recruited in is football. The NFL has plenty of Ivy League students and top colleges that go right into the NFL. Not an easy feat.
Recruited players mostly come from the football universities mostly down south but plenty come from top 50 schools.

The easiest sport to get recruited for is baseball. And they can’t even give away female golf scholarships because it’s such an old persons game.

I think most men would play football in a heartbeat if they had the talent, the strength, the balls, but they can’t so they put it down.

Again…not sure why or how the posting is racist. The NFL has almost zero Ivy League players anymore…maybe there was 1 drafted last year.

Ivy League teams wouldn’t ever take the field against a Power 4 team because the risk of serious injury would be massive. Kids are easily 50 pounds lighter on average…it’s two completely separate recruiting pools.

OP said if your kid is very athletic and decent size, not what sport can anyone play of any size or shape.

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Football is easiest. I’ll take a 10 percent chance of playing college any day of the week
https://scholarshipstats.com/football

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Rugby. Boys and girls

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Anonymous wrote:Squash

Squash is certainly NOT an easy sport to get recruited for. You have to be at least in the top 40 juniors in the country to get a chance at getting recruited and even then, there is lots of international competition, especially from the Egyptians.
I know someone who was ranked in the Top 30 nationally and could not even get recruited at a decent school (in spite of a very good GPA and SAT scores).

The rich build courts in their basement and get International coach to live with and train their kid. Then- the international players. My friend was a 7ft tall player from Holland—star.

Read the Town & Country article on it and what the rich in Greenwich and NY do to get the sport bump- squash was singled out

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International student athletes have totally skewed the results of your chances of being a college athlete in several sports.

According to the NCAA: More than 25,000 international student-athletes across all three divisions participate in NCAA sports.
https://www.ncaa.org/sports/2018/3/21/international-student-athlete-participation.aspx
This was in 2018, so there might be more now.

The majority of college tennis player who get scholarships are international students. I don't understand why basketball and football players who make money for universities are subsidizing international students playing country club sports.

According to an NCAA Research report published in December 2022, 61% of male and 66% of female Division I tennis players are international students, up from approximately 38% and 50% reported in 2006-2007.

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Anonymous wrote:Squash

Squash is certainly NOT an easy sport to get recruited for. You have to be at least in the top 40 juniors in the country to get a chance at getting recruited and even then, there is lots of international competition, especially from the Egyptians.
I know someone who was ranked in the Top 30 nationally and could not even get recruited at a decent school (in spite of a very good GPA and SAT scores).

The rich build courts in their basement and get International coach to live with and train their kid. Then- the international players. My friend was a 7ft tall player from Holland—star.

Read the Town & Country article on it and what the rich in Greenwich and NY do to get the sport bump- squash was singled out

Exactly my point - you don't need to be particularly gifted athletically, just rich.

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My husband walked on to the crew team in college, he'd never been in a boat before. About half of his team was the same, just tall strong guys who had grown up playing other sports. The other half had experience. He didn't get any money from it though.

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Anonymous wrote:International student athletes have totally skewed the results of your chances of being a college athlete in several sports.

According to the NCAA: More than 25,000 international student-athletes across all three divisions participate in NCAA sports.
https://www.ncaa.org/sports/2018/3/21/international-student-athlete-participation.aspx
This was in 2018, so there might be more now.

The majority of college tennis player who get scholarships are international students. I don't understand why basketball and football players who make money for universities are subsidizing international students playing country club sports.

According to an NCAA Research report published in December 2022, 61% of male and 66% of female Division I tennis players are international students, up from approximately 38% and 50% reported in 2006-2007.

I think it’s at 70 percent now in D1

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn’t read entire thread…but football if you are aiming for academic D1 schools (Ivy, Patriot League and the league that Georgetown is in).

Not enough smart kids play football because of head injuries, but every school has a team and they need to recruit lots of them.

These schools also have lightweight football teams…which I have never understood. It’s not a D1 sport, but I still assume they recruit for some players?

Racist idiot. The hardest sport to get recruited in is football. The NFL has plenty of Ivy League students and top colleges that go right into the NFL. Not an easy feat.
Recruited players mostly come from the football universities mostly down south but plenty come from top 50 schools.

The easiest sport to get recruited for is baseball. And they can’t even give away female golf scholarships because it’s such an old persons game.

I think most men would play football in a heartbeat if they had the talent, the strength, the balls, but they can’t so they put it down.

Again…not sure why or how the posting is racist. The NFL has almost zero Ivy League players anymore…maybe there was 1 drafted last year.

Ivy League teams wouldn’t ever take the field against a Power 4 team because the risk of serious injury would be massive. Kids are easily 50 pounds lighter on average…it’s two completely separate recruiting pools.

OP said if your kid is very athletic and decent size, not what sport can anyone play of any size or shape.

Currently there are between 9-12 Ivy League graduates playing for the NFL. There are also currently two former NFL Ivy League players who are head coaches. That’s pretty good considering the Ivy leagues aren’t known for having athletic students.

They draft the ones that are good enough just like at the big football universities.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn’t read entire thread…but football if you are aiming for academic D1 schools (Ivy, Patriot League and the league that Georgetown is in).

Not enough smart kids play football because of head injuries, but every school has a team and they need to recruit lots of them.

These schools also have lightweight football teams…which I have never understood. It’s not a D1 sport, but I still assume they recruit for some players?

Racist idiot. The hardest sport to get recruited in is football. The NFL has plenty of Ivy League students and top colleges that go right into the NFL. Not an easy feat.
Recruited players mostly come from the football universities mostly down south but plenty come from top 50 schools.

The easiest sport to get recruited for is baseball. And they can’t even give away female golf scholarships because it’s such an old persons game.

I think most men would play football in a heartbeat if they had the talent, the strength, the balls, but they can’t so they put it down.

Again…not sure why or how the posting is racist. The NFL has almost zero Ivy League players anymore…maybe there was 1 drafted last year.

Ivy League teams wouldn’t ever take the field against a Power 4 team because the risk of serious injury would be massive. Kids are easily 50 pounds lighter on average…it’s two completely separate recruiting pools.

OP said if your kid is very athletic and decent size, not what sport can anyone play of any size or shape.

Currently there are between 9-12 Ivy League graduates playing for the NFL. There are also currently two former NFL Ivy League players who are head coaches. That’s pretty good considering the Ivy leagues aren’t known for having athletic students.

They draft the ones that are good enough just like at the big football universities.

The game has changed dramatically, especially with the transfer portal.

If by chance an Ivy player is good enough, they are entering the portal and going to a better team (often with significant NIL money if a skill position).

As a result, Ivy schools are spending even less time recruiting kids that have the potential to jump teams. Kids don’t care about graduating from Harvard if they can earn hundreds of thousands in NIL money.

You won’t see any Ivy players drafted to the NFL anymore. Much the same way you won’t ever have a Jeremy Lin drafted to the NBA.