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[quote=Anonymous]We are in the thick of recruiting now, toward the end getting offers and so forth, and it really has not been fun. You'd think it is just "if you're a good athlete, you get looks, and will find your athletic home." In reality, it's a money machine industry. I guess we were too inexperienced to know this.

You have to sell yourself, every aspect of it. And even then, you may not land where you expect or your skill set is. Especially at D1, as with everything, who you know is important. Are you with the "right" club? Does your coach advocate for you? Etc. And then there are how some of the schools interact with these kids. Some are wonderful and transparent. Others . . . are not and that was shocking to me.

My kid is sticking it out and I'm proud of DC but I had lots of worries about burn out and other emotions. We gave lots of regular opportunities to off ramp from the process because of it.

There has to be a better way that the way recruiting is currently done (DC is a team sport so it's not simply do you have the best time, can you jump the highest, which I think is a little different in some ways). I would not have given my kid one minute's grief if they opted out. [/quote]

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