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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is so depressing. Whatever happened to kids just enjoying sports as an extracurricular activity even if it doesn’t end anywhere?  Maybe it’s because I’m an immigrant but I’ll never understand the obsession with getting kids into college sports. [/quote]

My guess is that it's not so much an obsession with getting kids into college sports -- as it is parents wanting to make their particular kid attractive to a college that otherwise might not be interested in the student.  Many schools give admission preferences to legacy kids (who have parents or other family members who attended the school), particularly if the family members have continued to actively and financially support the school.  Other preferences are given for special interests, particularly sports.  With very popular sports students would have to be very very good to get this kind of attention/preference.  So some parents may try to interest (or push) their kids into less popular sports, or, at least what used to be less popular sports, which are often the types of sports that you need a great deal of money to participate in.

tldr: it's less getting the kids into college sports -- and more getting the kids into a college that the parents deem attractive. [/quote]

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