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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I handle that better than dumb athletes at T10/20/Ivies.

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Those dumb athletes are both smarter and more successful than your children. Was just hanging out with some Cal and Stanford volleyball players this morning. They would eat your kids as snacks.[/quote]

You are missing the point.  The point is that they are not as smart or academically qualified as other non-athlete applicants who are denied admission.  Schools have different academic standards for recruited athletes.  Have the decency to admit it.[/quote]

Or you could say they have different athletic standards for some kids. If you can't throw a ball, kick, run, or shoot baskets you better have high test scores. They are allowed to have different priorities for a class.[/quote]

This is not true because athletic preferences are almost binary.  A 3 sport high school student that is not recruitable has no advantage over a kid in a wheelchair.[/quote]

That's true but we're talking about recruitable ones. If you're not a stand out in your sport then it's not going to help. That's why it doesn't really matter what you do in HS as long as you do something. Very few kids are good enough athletes to be recruited and non athletes aren't competing with them in anyway. They are different pools.[/quote]

The initial argument was that these schools have lower academic standards for recruited athletes.
The post I am responding to tries to reverse the argument saying that we could just ass easily see it as much lower athetic tandards for kids with high academics.
That's bad logic[/quote]

Pick your poison. The kids must meet hight standards in one or the other area but not necessarily both.[/quote]

Is the school an academic organization or an athletic one?  These two things are not co=equals in the school's mission.
The overwhelming majority of these recruited athletes are not extraordinary athletes.  They are being recruited for some country club sport that most kids have no access to or interest in.
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If you don't know what the schools priorities are then you haven't been paying attention for decades. That's on you.[/quote]

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