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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I know because my kids go to one.  You know nothing.  Sure a 1-2 kids from a couple high poverty schools get recruited, but most of them don’t and the rest of the team players are average at best. Look at which schools consistently with D1 states.  It’s rarely the middle class or title 1 schools [/quote]

You know because you have an anecdote about your school.  So now you think that all of the kids with natural athletic abilities are living in wealthy towns where their parents are bureaucrats for the federal government.

And middle class kids who are 6’5” at 13 years old and play basketball at their schools and have mastered the three pointer won’t be noticed by a coach. That’s what you think?

Johnson Middle School, a Title 1 school has a championship football team featured by New Balance in a commercial.  They are recruiting 8th graders from that school.

Public schools with Championship teams come from wealthy schools, middle class and lower income schools.  Each team is limited to the amount of players on the teams so big schools leave a lot of kids out.   A lot of rec teams stop in 8th grade so it’s tough to keep playing sometimes.   
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