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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think what OP is saying is that it's not that athletes get a leg up in admissions, it's that they get a leg up in the admissions process. Why can't they just have to apply like everyone else? and if their athletic prowess is valued by an admissions office, then great, but to have the process essentially done before everyone else in unseemly.[/quote]

You expect admissions officers to be able to know how to build a team?  For all the sports?  They'll have to do scouting in addition to their jobs?  Keep depth charts on their wall?

No, they leave it to the coaches, and give them "bands" or the like to allocate.  Applicants still have to clear the bar, which is lower than an unhooked kid, yes.  As they are for all hooked applicanta.

This is the only way it can work at all.  Suggesting otherwise supports the collapse of the entire college sports ecosystem.  Which is a legitmate position, if you support that, but just know that's what you are suggesting.[/quote]

Basically, I am. I am not a fan of the college sports ecosystem and would prefer it worked like high school - you get the team you get and there's no recruiting. [/quote]

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