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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are a drain on a student's precious time in college. It's not just practice and the games, it's also the 12 months they have to spend in the weight room.  College is for the purpose of expanding ones mind not their biceps and unfortunately there is an inverse relationship between the two.
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Nope. In fact, a strong body strengthens the mind, too. But that aside, if the student is forced to exercise, what that drives out is "time wasters" like socializing, drinking, and partying, not studying. If they're in the weight room, they're not in a bar - and as a parent I'm perfectly happy with that trade-off.[/quote]

I think some parents are clueless as to how much time their college students spend partying and drinking and smoking pot. That is what my son's "friends" who aren't playing sports are doing non stop. And if some people think their kids aren't doing it, they are delusional or have that 1% kid....Lots of time to spend remember they have 5 classes per week, not 7, and not all classes are that hard. Quite frankly, for me college here was a piece of cake compared to my HS in Europe. I did go to music school as well, in addition to grammar school, but still. Lots of time left to play a sport which is much better than getting drunk. Which (almost) all are. Athletes too.[/quote]

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