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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is only true in the UMC/wealthy school districts- which on a whole, are are small percentage of American high schools.

Your kid could play on almost any varsity team at a title 1 or even middle class district- and many of these are D1 schools. [/quote]

That’s a pretty much uneducated opinion from someone who knows nothing.    You obviously don’t follow sports.  Many of the top names in basketball grew up in poverty.  By high school the top are recruited to residential schools specializing in their sport.

Pro sports are also recruiting more international players.   Eastern Europeans are playing basketball, Dominicans make up a large amount of baseball players, Canadians play hockey year round.

Students in middle class or low income school districts cannot just play any varsity sport. I can’t figure out why you would even think that.

Exceptions might be swimming, soccer, track, sports that nobody cares about.    They might be walk ons.  [/quote]
Swimming and soccer have tryouts at most schools and make cuts. The only soccer players at my son‘s high school have been on travel teams since elementary.
Swimming, 1/3 of the boys did not make the team. [/quote]

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