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[quote=Anonymous]What an odd series of posts.

College teams - D1 to D3 - do not keep players who cannot contribute on the field.  They are bad influences.  And, frankly, no one wants to stick around.  Being on even a D3 team is a literal ton of work.

In season you do nothing but team requirements and classes.  The only saving grace is that you get playing time - or if you are a freshman with someone ahead of you - you might get playing time.   If you don’t make the travel roster that’s bad news.

The coach makes a determination pretty quick - certainly by the middle of freshman year.  Yes/No.  If “no”, they want any athletic money back for next year.  You are a waste of money and time and they treat you like that.  The nicer ones ignore you.  It’s also obvious to the players.  They ignore you too.  Mind you, your teammates do not want you getting any of their playing time anyway so there is a bit of a hostile relationship always present.

And, being on a team screws up your academics.  You are doomed to summer classes because you can only take a bare minimum of courses in season.  By Junior year you are really struggling to schedule advanced courses with prerequisites that you can’t take in season.  Many players quit who are on the edge of getting playing time at this point.

It’s not a surprise.  Look at any college your kid is thinking about.  Look at their current roster.  Count the seniors.  Now go back 4 years and count the freshmen.  How many stayed?  If it’s half - that’s good.  How many of those long gone players came into the program thinking they were going to tear things up?

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