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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Except that being a recruited athlete will tip the scales for an unhooked and otherwise unremarkable high stat kid (dime a dozen at places like STA) and open elite college doors that otherwise would have remained firmly shut.  Take the crew team for example.  Year in and year out decent but  hardly star athletes get recruited by the best colleges in the country, b/c I dunno, maybe most of America has no crew team?  Lacrosse was like that last generation.  Not so much now.  Surprised that STA doesn't field a squash or fencing team, the ticket to the elite colleges for most NE boarding school white kids.[/quote]

That’s a different point. The athlete hook ship has largely sailed because of (in some opinions, insanely early) specialization. The remaining crack in the window is your second point—esoteric sports. You’re right that squash is all the rage in New England. Kids training in elementary with Ivy League hopes pinned on paddles and a rubber ball (but hey, it will work for a few more years yet). I don’t think it would hurt sta to add esoteric sports if there was interest, but likely sooner rather than later the last of those ships will sail as more folks “catch on.”[/quote]

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