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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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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Let me update this with truth.
Team requirements can be fun. You would not be on the team if you didn't enjoy the sport.  Your teammates are like family and you will enjoy being with them.

The coach does not make snap decisions. Most of the stars of today's teams were bench warmers in years 1-2.5.  Look at the top ACC teams - the top scorers and goalies didn't see the field in the early years.  It's just sports.

Being on a team helps your academics - you get extra time, tutors, early registration, etc etc etc.  Even in D3 schools.  You take classes over the summer because you have to be there anyway to train preseason and the schools pay for your classes. Even for walkons. [/quote]

I can't comment on every school but I have a friend who was a scholarship athlete at William and Mary (not soccer).  He told me there was no "extra time."  According to him, if he went to a professor and asked for extra time because they were traveling for an away game the answer was you are here for academics. Turn your assignment in before you leave for the trip.

This may have changed. It was at least 20+ years ago. [/quote]

Friend was not being entirely honest.  That was and is the case at higher academic schools for the most part.  But for travel which is a University excused event the professor has to make the accommodation.  Some things could be turned in before but extra time is required for many things.  [/quote]

My kid is at Duke and plays a sport - get's extra time all the time.  I mean come on, they have labs to do but they are in Florida for a game? Yes, of course they get extra time. It is required.  [/quote]

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