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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Club teams definitely hurt schools like Sidwell and STA. They depend on those two or three outstanding players. I never thought about it but it's a tough position to be in. [b]If you are good enough to be play academy but can't afford private.  I assume if you are recruited to play soccer, you will be expected to play soccer.[/b] Academy is off the table which is the best, but not the only, to attract interest of d-1 colleges. Regular club players with excellent grades can go to competitive D-3 schools but the money for sports-related applicants is significantly less than what is available. Many of d-3 schools including the nescac schools claim that there are not athletic related money but the truth is more complicated
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The Academy no-HS rule is waived if you are on scholarship.

205 teams offer 9.9 men's scholarships each for D1.  That's a little more than 2000 scholarships probably spread over 4000 players.  There are 96 Development Academy teams at U18 - about 1800 to 2000 players.  Even if every single one of them got a scholarship, there is still plenty of room in D1 after that.  The bigger challenge for both club and Academy players is that much of the recruiting for players is now in Europe.  4 years in the US plus a close-to-free education - pretty strong recruiting tool in Europe.[/quote]

They have tightened up those scholarship waiver rules considerably.   Soccer continues to be even more of a pay to play enterprise in this country.   In the past 3 to 4 years I am not aware of any club kids below the Academy level who have made it to Division I.   I am sure some exist, they must, but the overwhelming message is academy or bust from the Division I programs. Also increasingly we are seeing the phenomenon of college coaches prohibiting players from playing senior year for their high school team even where the player would like to do that.  (Similarly, more and more women's Division I programs are telling the athletes to only play that one sport and not play on other teams at their high schools.)  Although individual players have more leverage than they think, they are afraid to lose the coveted Division I spot. This is an increasingly difficult time for high school sports. Cannot really put blame on anyone – – club sports certainly give strong athletes an opportunity to hone their skills – –  but one thing that is sad is that the formerly fairly level high school sports playing field is now tilting increasingly in favor of those who have the fees to afford to play club. [/quote]

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