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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A couple points, there are sponsors that earmark their contributions to scholarship kids, so no money out of your pocket, who would have an issue with that?  Also, no doubt scholarship parents tend to have more issues with punctuality and communication for sure, but mostly harmless.  But this thread asked about the scholarship kids themselves, and they in my experienced have been great, certainly better for the most part than some of the hyper never-disciplined yuppie kids.  [/quote]

"Scholarship kids" are not all built the same.  There are definitely some who are pretty much wards of the team - literally no transportation, food, or anything else associated with their existence when with the team happens without a parent, manager, or coach arranging it and someone paying for it.  I'm not saying that is every scholarship kid, but from my experience it's a good 1/3 of them.[/quote]

So, you don't see the social benefit of helping a kid out? [/quote]

Well I didn’t say that at all.  I wasn’t making any comment on social benefit. I think there are good arguments both ways on that.  Fundamentally, travel club sports are a luxury good, and I don’t think anyone is owed a subsidy to be able to afford a luxury.

To the behavior question, the scholarship kids that had parents engaged - they were fine on behavior.  The scholarship kids that had little or no parent involvement were a challenge as far as behavior was concerned - both on and off the field.  Red cards and fights on the field, problems at hotels and on trips off the field.  Pretty much uncontrollable.

Again, our experience at our club. [/quote]

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