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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All four of mine used a sport to get into a much better school—100% on our family. [/quote]

And I got my three boys into three different SLACs on the basis of sports. I apologize for nothing.  You play the hand you are dealt. [/quote]

Oh sure but it makes no sense.  We don't hate the player, we hate the game.  Is what it is but it is stupid.[/quote]

Why do you get to say "it makes no sense".  Obviously it makes sense to the schools.  You just don't like it, admit that at least.  That's fine.  You want it to change so your kids chances raise slightly, and for no other reason.[/quote]

Huh. No just went through this athletic recruitment process very successful lying with my player.   I understand why it has developed this way and I figured out the process.  It was difficult and IMO counterproductive.

Now that I have gone through it, I am very critical of it even though my kid had a good income.

My issues:

Shifts focus on what college is and can provide away from my kids future to continue to emphasize the past and present.  My player will now spend significant time of her limited college experience involved in the same thing she has done for many many years.  Non athletes have all that time to explore new pursuits and try new things and experiences.

Instead of college search bring focused on course of study and future career and higher education, athletics had to be factored in.

Youth sports is completely polluted by the college recruitment process.  Gas caused youth sports to become a big business focused on making money and not youth sports.  Exclusionary by cost and puts the kids in yet another bubble.  Instead of being about pursuing and improving and learning to compete to best of athletes ability, it is only about that for those that can afford to pay for tons of stupid, unnecessary travel.

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