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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good. I am an immigrant and cannot understand the obsession with sports in this country. I think sports are great for physical fitness and to learn a few important social skills - but I don't think sports should play any role at all into college admission.

My kids only do sports for recreational purposes and I refuse to get drawn into those travel teams that costs thousands per year plus all that time commitment. No way. Unless a child has a really remarkable talent and loves it, it is not worthy it. [/quote]

As an American who went to an Ivy and played a sport and never was really that good and now has a non-sports job and family --

The experience I had of competition on a team, of working hard to get better, and knowing how to be a good winner and loser, was super valuable for my adult life.  (Not saying it needs to be a varsity scholarship sport, though.)

Also, learning to trash-talk weak cowardly white men who thought they were god's gift and wanted to cheap shot you to get ahead was also extremely valuable.  Kick their butts on the field, hit them back if they hit you, and they fold like a house of cards.

If only our namby-pamby White House correspondents corps had played sports and learned to do this, we'd all be much better off today.[/quote]

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