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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These niche sports- fencing, sailing, squash, rowing are not the normal hyper competitive ones like baseball, football, basketball, cross country, volleyball, etc.

Too few engage in these esoteric sports to even matter.  When you have millions and millions competing in particular sports that is far different than 200 in the entire country.[/quote]

The niche, elite sports are Ivy centric. So those are the sports a kid should do if they want a chance as an Ivy recruit. The other more  widespread sports are for lesser schools and public plebes. This thread is about Ivy recruitment.[/quote]

Yes.  They aren't niche, though, they are Olympic sports.  The Ivies focus on the Olympics.[/quote]

Participation rates say otherwise. Squash, sailing, fencing and rowing are niche sports played by very few. For those trying to game an Ivy admission they are far easier to be successful in than real sports.  Most high school students find the real sports much more fun.  The funny thing about squash is it is getting its clock cleaned by pickleball and is becoming an even more nichy niche sport.[/quote]

Cool, so tell your kid to play a niche sport.  Then they might actually get a good job when they graduate from college.[/quote]

Many of these niche sports require access to squash courts, golf courses, sailboats or rowing shells, horses..... They are definitely sports for wealthy kids for the most part.   And it's fine for wealthy kids to have their expensive niche sports, but don't pretend like anyone can just go out and master these sports without plenty money to invest in it.[/quote]

Tell your kid to run track instead of making excuses.  Track has the largest roster of any collegiate sport.[/quote]

Track is getting destroyed by the new NCAA and NIL realities. Would not count on major D1 scholarships or Ivy recruiting there. Better to be a fencer than a runner these days. There is zero competition in fencing or squash or sailing or other rich kid niche sports these days. You can be incredibly mediocre in things no one else does and still get some attention from Ivies because they need to fill these spots. But track is super competitive because it's accessible and many do it. But it doesn't generate revenue so it is being cut to shreds. Whereas your fencer is likely a rich kid with rich parents who are likely to donate, so the fencer is more valuable to a school than a great 400 m runner or high jumper. [/quote]

Track isn't getting impacted by NIL at ivies, at all.  They have been expanding their rosters.  The NIL only affected other recruiting because opting in to that required roster limits.  What are you even talking about?

You are making excuses and diminishing more accomplished kids success because you sound jealous, and ignorant.  Tell your kid to go run cross country.  It costs nothing, and the exercise would probably do more for you child than taking an additional self-study AP class that nobody cares about.[/quote]

Honestly, the only reason you're not feeling it in T/F is because schools haven't had time to fully react to the recent changes in NIL.  Once schools start to implement that holistically across all their non-NIL sports, I agree with the posters who are noting that T/F will likely get shafted.  We work with a recruiting strategist and they're saying the same thing.  It's just a matter of time that it'll hit sports like T/F the most--the Olympic non-NIL sports.  [/quote]

This is about Ivy recruiting.  Outside of that, yes T/F will be impacted.  It will not at Ivies.  It definitely will not at prestigious D3 schools.  Also, you don't need to work with a recruiting strategist.  They are ripoffs.  Especially in T/F where you can see the times you need to hit.  [/quote]

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