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[quote=Anonymous]Good post OP.

Oldest DS played a sport at a D1 - was not a starter.  The advice that he gave younger DS (who was a better club player and recruited by mid size and smaller D1) was not to do it.  He told him that 95% of his college memories relate to the sport he played - and they were not all good memories.  Like OP said, oldest DS said he felt like an employee and not a student athlete.  At the end of the day, he wished he would have been able to spend his time pursuing other interests.

Youngest DS listened and attends an academically inclined D3 school.  Played his sport for 2 years and quit the sport after his sophmore year.  Is not active in student organizations and now doing an internships in his major.  He is loving college.

Both DH and I are college graduates but we were not athletes and we attended schools that are D3.  We allowed DS1 to pursue what he thought was his dream at the time.  We never pushed either of them athletically. Looking back, I wish we had more of a sense of what D1 was like from a parents' perspective.  We would have been able to give him better advice.  We are able to advise friends who have this issue.  I just tell them that your kid is going to be the one bearing the brunt so make sure they are fully committed and understand everything it entails.[/quote]

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