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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my extended group, which includes several families with college athletes, the ones who played D1 had to downgrade their HS education to get recruited. They did get into amazing colleges but post-college really struggled, some living at home into their 30s. By downgrade I don't mean taking less APs, but I mean doing homeschooling or going to a HS just for a sport and barely attending classes.

In contrast the D3 athletes didn't downgrade their education in HS though possibly took less time consuming classes (e.g., less APs). Those athletes have done really well: med school, good jobs, etc.

Data points, that's all.[/quote]

Anecdotes not data points.[/quote]

Common sense.  But go ahead and skip the academics - your kid is going pro I am sure.[/quote]

A combination of downgrading HS for soccer still got them into great schools. Many college graduates are struggling post college, between high student loans and job markets. Playing a sport in college does not seem to create a unique post college experience that other students are not also sharing.

At any point, the student could have quit playing the sport and simply attended the school. Once a kid is in school they need to find the balance that allows them to succeed academically. But by ones sophomore year in college that 10th grade AP class is long forgotten and becomes practically irrelevant.[/quote]

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