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Who said otherwise?  If sports can help you gain admission to the college of your choice and/or you want to play collegiate sports, that's great.  That wasn't the point.  The point is that the [b]Sidwell parents who think their children are getting a great exposure to sports are mistaken.[/b]  It's a fantastic school, for sure.[/quote]

I am confused by this.  The school offers both interscholastic and physical education opportunities for all of its students.  Just because varsity football players are not sharing the field with future NFL Hall of Famers does not mean that students are not getting the important aspects of the athletic experience: teamwork, learning how to win and how to lose, etc.

I would be interested in what the PP believes "great exposure" to sports means for kids at this level, particularly for the 97% who are not getting a scholarship or the 99.75% who are not going to become professional athletes.

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These boys are not getting a normal high school football experience compared to other local schools.  The NFL has nothing to do with this.   Sidwell professes to have the varsity football team and has games scheduled when it really does not have a functioning team.   Just why do some people think Sidwell is so special or unique that male students at the school are too good for football?  Too upper class?  But it's fine to have other sports.    It is highly unusual for a school to have had a normal football program for years and then to be in Sidwell's position.   [/quote]

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