If your son gets cut from D1

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Anonymous wrote:I’d remind him college is about getting an education and a job. At some point he needs to give up whatever soccer dream is striving for because it’s very unlikely to end with a job.

It’s a tough pill to swallow but one every athlete must take at some point.

His focus should be on his academics, even if that means he stays at his current school and just plays club ball.

Unless his connected soccer teammate hooks him up with a sweet gig

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The same can be said for his roommate/professor/neighbor/relative…..

Sports in college should only be viewed as a way to get your foot in the door of admissions. After that, unless you’re at the level of professional drafting, academics come first.

Teammates bonding through sports is different

No, it isn't.

Says the person who obviously didn't play team sports or was an outsider on the team

NP. I see this idea regularly. That the only activity that promotes bonding is sports. You have a blind spot based on your own limited life experience.

How did you arrive at an only activity argument?
Since no one said that

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Anonymous wrote:I’d remind him college is about getting an education and a job. At some point he needs to give up whatever soccer dream is striving for because it’s very unlikely to end with a job.

It’s a tough pill to swallow but one every athlete must take at some point.

His focus should be on his academics, even if that means he stays at his current school and just plays club ball.

Unless his connected soccer teammate hooks him up with a sweet gig

.

The same can be said for his roommate/professor/neighbor/relative…..

Sports in college should only be viewed as a way to get your foot in the door of admissions. After that, unless you’re at the level of professional drafting, academics come first.

Teammates bonding through sports is different

No, it isn't.

Says the person who obviously didn't play team sports or was an outsider on the team

NP. I see this idea regularly. That the only activity that promotes bonding is sports. You have a blind spot based on your own limited life experience.

NP

Different =/= only

Saying bonds built through team sports are different than bonds built other ways doesn’t mean the poster thinks team sports are the ONLY activity to promote bonding. No one thinks that. You don’t see that idea regularly; I doubt you have ever seen it at all.

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My child was cut in another sport that took a very big cut. She is a freshman who committed to this P4 university early junior year. She LOVES her school and her sport, it is devastating. She said all year she would transfer to continue. These poor kids have had this hanging over their heads. She entered the transfer portal (this may be a timing issue for soccer??) Her coaches/compliance officers dealt with this a few weeks in advance of the portal opening.

She has decided after going through the process, she is too happy to leave and now will do her sport at the club level.

Waiting to see how the final settlement shakes out. Now there seems to be a possibility kids like her could be offered there spots back. It is a huge mess though because many athletes in our sport have made moves.

[Anonymous]

Getting cut is always a part of sports

Give your all and focus on what you can control while having Plan B always on the shelf