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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First of all no one is saying athletes are “taking” anyone spot. I haven’t seen this in the thread.  Recruited athletes in all but marque sports, have to meet certain academic requirements. Second, athletic commitment is the only guarantee left to get into any college. It’s the one sure way to know before you submit your application - At least at D1s where you sign a NLI.

As for how tough it is once you get there - you do realize that once a kid is accepted and at school he or she can quit and stat at school just without the extra burden of playing a varsity sport. Tons of Ivy athletes -usually white kids in privileged sports like crew and lacrosse -quit after freshman year. Honestly in most  college sports, fewer than 50% of recruited athletes stick with the team for 4 years. It’s not as great a kids expect once you get there, more like a job even at some D3s.

All this said, it is a GREAT way to ensure acceptance at a top academic school with low acceptance rates but it’s a long and ardorous road. I don’t recommend it unless your kid has talent and loves the sport. [/quote]

It’s affirmative action for rich white kids. [/quote]

Yes for many sports.  I wonder if this will start to change.  But until then, this is the system that exists.  There is nothing wrong with lacrosse or ice hockey or sailing etc. but they are definitely dominated by well off white kids that start of learn them as children.   [/quote]

How would it change?  [/quote]

NP. End preferential admissions for athletes, especially in sports that nobody watches & that require tons of money to grow up competing in?

Brown tried to get rid of a bunch of these sports during the BLM protests.[/quote]

Schools have learned that donors care. Most could probably get away with it, but then you'd have a mens basketball and football team with 100 athletes and womens basketball/soccer/lax/whatever to balance numbers and no other male sports. [/quote]

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