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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So can I read this threat to believe that if I have a kid who is smart enough to get into a SLAC on academics, is a decent varsity athlete (certainly not a D1 recruit), and we are full pay, they have a chance at making the team? [/quote]

Depends on the SLAC and the sport. I don’t think Williams and Amherst is in the cards for just decent. For track and XC, the Williams recruited athletes had D1 options if they wanted them.[/quote]

true for about 2 kids per year at each school - those are the kids with D1 - Patriot League or Ivy - options [/quote]

Every one of them could run D1 somewhere if they were more interested in D1 than
 an academic experience.[/quote]

Mine turned down Lehigh and other Patriot League schools for a NESCAC. D1 isn’t always the choice.

the issue is that any kid who can get a slot at Williams or Amherst (full pay) is never passing that up for a 25% athletic scholarship to a Patriot league school. Too
much difference in the perceived value of the degrees - abother thread on that lol[/quote]

You don’t understand most athletes.  The vast majority want to compete at a D1 level and would take Lehigh over Williams and Amherst with zero $$$s.

Most kids have little interest in schools that small no matter what.[/quote][/quote]

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