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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great question & topic!

I will tell you what I've come to discover:

Unless your child is a PHENOMENAL athlete, all the hours of training, early mornings, long trips and tons of money are a WASTE! Schools do not throw their money behind mediocre athletes. You child would be better off focusing on making good grades.

Now, if your child happens to love the sport and they're involved simply for the love, that's great! But if the goal is scholarship money, that does not happen unless the child is TOP NOTCH! Any college counselor will tell you that.[/quote]

Same PP here.

Just wanted to add my impression of the college athlete. When I was in school (on academic scholarship) I remember feeling badly for the athletes who were basically slaves to the school we attended. They didn't have all the freedoms I did. While I was able to hang out with friends and do whatever I wanted, they were in mandated study halls at certain hours, then they had to eat together, live together, practice for hours on end, etc...I was dating an athlete and had to wonder at the time if the sacrifice was worth it and how much more of the FUN part of the college experience he would've had if he'd gotten an academic scholarship or had parents pay out of pocket.

So you play sports and hit the books for 4 years. Where's the fun in that?

And as a PP said, do NOT put all eggs in one basket.[/quote]

And another perspective: I LOVED playing a sport in college. I wasn't the type to get hammered 3 days a week so it worked out for me. And we never had mandated studying or eating together or living together. My teammates and experience playing in college made it so much richer to me.

But the point is, your child should play a sport because they enjoy it and they want to. If they get a scholarship, that's icing on the cake. [/quote]

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