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[quote]And many never do, especially on this sort of path.[/quote]

If you go to any college dorm in America, you will find young men playing video games and watching sports.  This is not a "path to destruction" - it's part of the culture.   OP didn't say that her kid is in a gang, selling drugs, a truant, etc.  He's not ruined forever because he isn't competitive at his sport at a national level or the president of all the clubs.  
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Depends on the dorm, depends on the caliber of college. A precocious overachiever can piss their day away and still get strong marks. Nitwits can't. Anyone can "go" to college, however, most unmotivated and unprepared boys fail out of the open admit colleges before getting a degree. At middle of the road UM-BC 30-40% of boys overall never graduate.

https://oir.umbc.edu/university-data/retention-graduate-rates/

Go to any ghetto or trailer park and you'll find plenty of young men and grown ass manchildren playing video games and watching teevee all day, too. Go to UMC class areas and you'll find plenty of failure to launch 20-somethings still in their childhood bedroom or basement doing the same. Absent any other pursuits, video game and teevee addiction are not hallmarks of success and maturation. Why are you pretending they are?[/quote]

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