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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All,

This is a brand new idea…so it’s safe to say that whatever SJC promoted in the arts or STEM or whatever won’t be impacted immediately.

I think others have alluded to the bigger risk.  If this new national sports team model is successful for football, then one has to think they will extend it to baseball, basketball, LAX, hockey etc al.

So that means an additional 200 student slots will be taken by athletes…which mean there are 200 fewer students that want to do arts or robotics or whatever non-sport ECs.

I have to believe they are doing this because they are losing top athletes to sports-focused academies like St James, IMG et al…and new ones seem to be popping up every day.

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The AOL founder went to St. John’s and has donate a lot of money for STEM so no, STEM is not going away.

200 athletes is some insane madd up number

Relax mom and m sorry if your just bitter your child didn’t get in but they will be fine.[/quote]

It’s adding up the number of athletes (including the 70 new football athletes) for all the sports where it’s reasonable to have national teams (including some women’s teams).  Football and baseball alone put you at 100 athletes.

Nobody said STEM is going away…but if you don’t increase overall attendance at SJC it will definitely change the school.
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The alleged 70 new football athletes aren't all coming in at one grade level but multiple levels - at least, that would be my guess. Most will be juniors and seniors that have proven themselves at another place. Bunch some will come in as freshman - what you don't think SJC recruits football players. What will end up happening is the kids with some talent but not physically ready (but maybe ready by senior year) will sit on the bench. Maybe that's why they are going allegedly going to the 2 team model - at least that's my hunch.[/quote]

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