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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, for good players the goal is more than just getting into some mediocre D3 college.  There are some schools any body with a pulse can get into regardless of soccer so who cares if a player gets an offer to a D3 check-if-they’re-breathing school because there’s no money involved and in many cases, the kid could have gone to a better school if they weren’t worried about playing soccer.  Instead, for good players, the goal is to either get into a better school than they otherwise would have, or get money towards a school they want to go to (or ideally, both).

And you’re further missing the point of this discussion, which is which club is doing the best developing players as measured by offers, so it’s entirely relevant whether the offers are D1 or D3, and whether they’re good D1 programs (SC, Georgetown, WF) or not (Stetson).[/quote]

There are mediocre D3 and there are Great D3.  I rather see my DD play 100% then watch her ride the bench all through college. 
Time to get Educated

D3
Johns Hopkins University
Amherst College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Emory University
University of California – Santa Cruz
Tufts University
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Chicago
New York University
Washington University in St. Louis

Imagine a girl who is on one of the top teams in NOVA.  Great soccer player, smart and wants to play freshman year through senior year.  
Hey coach, she says.  John Hopkins is offering an academic scholarship, what should I do?

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And what is Lynchburg?  Let's say I buy your argument for the sake of the discussion.  Are you saying Lynchburg is a Johns Hopkins?[/quote]

ODU 
Redford 
Longwood
VCU
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What about them?  Yes, those are four D1 programs. [/quote]

Are you saying a player who’s offered any of those D1 schools should pick it over

John Hopkins University
Amherst College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Emory University
University of California – Santa Cruz
Tufts University
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Chicago
New York University
Washington University in St. Louis

Schools  like CNU and Lynchburg are actually ranked academically better than many D1 colleges.  My point is school should be picked over soccer.  All it takes is one injury or becoming a benchwarmer to realize the truth.  As a coach I tell my players and parents look at the big picture and give yourself a 20 year plan.  What college is going to help you the most when you graduate, because no college coach is going to help you get a career.  [/quote]

I'm saying that you keep throwing Johns Hopkins out there as if an offer from Lynchburg is like an offer from Johns Hopkins.  It's not.  And if a player wants to not play in college in favor of academics, good for them.  In the end, at some point, sooner or later, they have to hang up their Cleats.

But you will never sell the narrative that D3 programs are better than D1 programs as far as sports are concerned.  It's like trying to sell that the CCL is better than the DA. [/quote]

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