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[quote=Anonymous]This is an interesting topic and I guess I am not surprised that the parents who are seeking scholarships have not chimed in because, in the end, it is kind of embarrassing.  My daughter played on a WAGS soccer team last year where the parents were absolutely nuts and many if not most of them thought their daughters would get scholarships, and a few would be invited to the Olympics camp.  They were not even a top Division Team . . . What was weird, is with one exception,  I think the kids understood that their parents were nuts, which just seemed so sad.  Anyway, the local paper listed scholarship athletes last week, and worth taking a look at -- usually one or two per sport at most, which means in a sport like soccer 20 kids did not get a scholarship, 40 in football etc. . .  Bad odds but I agree that it can help with admissions particularly at a D3 school, and sports also provide a lot of benefits for most kids.  It is the parents who should be jailed for using their kids for bragging rights.        [/quote]

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