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[quote=Anonymous]Passion and parents who do travel sports give misguided hope to kids who are just not big enough for instance to play a sport.

This is a true crazy story I am not a sports person at all. Never played any sports even for fun other than shooting hoops in park once in awhile.

In HS one year I did track, just cause guidance counselor said to put something on application for college, ran cross country and indoor track, 100 yard dash type stuff.

Freshman year college I had a roommate a big football star in HS.  He was only 5 foot 10 inches and used to complain nearly every school he applied to for offensive line or defensive line was a six foot minimum so all his work did not pay off. He used to say he love to have my body. Creepy. But he ment I was six foot two inch.

He liked to lift weights and I used to do it with him as I though help me meet the ladies.

Well I transfer colleges and get offered a full athletic scholarship in Lacrosse and also the Football team invited me to meet with them.

Granted my school had shitty teams but both did scholorships. So what the heck. I go get paperwork off coach and I go why? You are a 19 year old transfer student who is six foot two inch, 210 pound who can run miles at a time via cross country and can run fast via your track and you are in shaped and obvisously work out. I can teach you lacrcoss or the football can teach you the sports. I cant teach people to be six foot two inch 210 pounds and fast runners and in shape,

Bottom line I turned down the scholorship as I already had full financial aid. They did get me to do intramural football which I was pretty good at and then intramural basketball. Both sports I picked up at 20. Once again being able to run in basketball for a full 60 minutes made me good on defense and football was size and quickness.

Yet my HS I recall short little kids dads pushing. Really, Like my five foot ten inch roomate it was not going to happen

I was shocked my school my coach was checking out the transfers. 
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