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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean there’s a variety of ways to interpret “walk on”. Many would say all non-scholarship athletes are walk ons, so someone attending D3 or an Ivy would technically be a walk on even if they had preferred admissions status through the coaching staff. When D1 athletes are signing NLIs, they’re signing celebratory certificates or blank sheets of paper. The high schools like to celebrate their achievement. And some recruited athletes don’t make the roster. You don’t know what the situation is—why make a judgmental fuss about it? [/quote]

D3 recruit athletes heavily, the ‘incentive’ is almost guaranteed admission to some high academic schools. In a similar no financial return vein - Ivy League being the ultimate prize.[/quote]

Yes, exactly. However if you look up “walk on” the definition is often no scholarship money. So by that definition no D3 or Ivy would have anything but walk ons. We all know they recruit athletes even without athletic scholarships. I could see the wording used by OP meaning many different things. For some it means no scholarship, for some it conjures images of attending some sort of open tryout after they’ve matriculated. [/quote]

These days, most team sports: Football, basketball, lacrosse, soccer, hockey, baseball all have web sites tracking this information and commitments are verified by the school. Parents and players track this information and follow it to see where opportunities are. This is way different than a walk on. Although things change a verbal is still a big deal. This is still true at Ivies and D3 schools as positions can be very competitive. 
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Yes, I agree 100%
I’m just saying a lot of people throw kids into $ and walk on, even though all of us who have been through the process know there is a lot more to it. Who knows what situation OP is talking about (show up and hope to make team, verbal commitment, no $ but admissions help, etc). No matter the situation, OP needs to get a grip and let it go. [/quote]

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