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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm so sorry, OP. I'd never want my kid to be a college athlete. I'd rather they have a real college experience.[/quote]

You're a jerk. Being a college athlete is a real college experience, just a different one. [/quote]

I think OP is the jerk, making the assumption that this is an outcome most people want, when the opposite is true.

Why would anyone want their kid to be a college athlete? Those schools OWN your ass. You live a sequestered life, a tightly controlled peer group, have no real free time to experience the other activities the college has to offer.

I know a few kids who did it and basically quit and transferred after their first year.

I'm happy for OP's kid -- if that's what her kid actually wanted and wasn't pursuing it out of pressure from mumsy and pappy. But I honestly wouldn't wish the experience on anyone. To be honest, they should abolish intercollegiate sports, IMO.[/quote]

There was never pressure from us for her to play soccer or any other sport.  We have older kids who played college ball.  This isnt our first rodeo.  She loves the team aspect.  We did a lot of research on the school she picked and had felt the coaching staff was the main reason for chosing that school.

Then why play ECNL?  Just play rec. The girls who play at the highest level want to play college soccer, or that's what they are striving for. 
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