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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not athletes that have an advantage. It’s rich and UMC athletes that have the advantage. Do you think all that training and travel is free?  Tying college admission to athletics is another way the rich keep a stranglehold on what they view as limited resources.  Legacy being the other, of course.[/quote]

Lot of truth to this.[/quote]

This is an east coast mentality - the south doesn't have "travel teams" for the major sports like baseball, basketball, soccer, football, and volleyball - you compete against your district all the way to state - that's how you hone your skills - money doesn't matter all that much.  The best athletes out of the South aren't coming from money - they are coming from schools with great coaches and great ball programs.  That said - for the UMC sports - crew (not even a thing in the South), fencing, golf, tennis - the gear alone requires $$ and the training and/or elite training is $$ and outside of school, so yeah, college recruitment for that is gatekeeping, and I agree legacy status is an excellent form of gatekeeping.  Same can be said for performing arts - in the East - so much $$ spent on outside school programs - for dance, film, acting, singing - that doesn't happen as much in other regions of the country - it's through the schools that these kids find their love of music (band programs are HIGHLY important for this - especially since they are very important to HS football programs), arts, etc.  [/quote]

Football and basketball recruit out of high school.  Soccer has these darn high priced travel clubs everywhere.  Please....the stupid dollars spent on having to fly south to play in soccer tourneys.  Soccer is the worst.[/quote]

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