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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]@23:22, that's a great post about how much more time sports take.  I was a three-sport high school athlete and played two sports in college, Division I.  I would have happily played club sports in my fall/spring sports (the ones I ended up playing in college), but clubs didn't exist at that point.

So my time commitment was limited to in-season, my own training, and camps in summer.  [b]No extra club practices on top of school practice or three-day weekend showcase tournaments.  It has really changed the landscape[/b].[/quote]

This is a real concern for us.  Our 8th grader plays a club sport at the elite level and wants to play two sports in HS.  DS was accepted at two private HSs -- one a very academically challenging/prestigous HS that we understand has a very heavy homework load and the other a less academically rigorous HS in a more competitive sports league.   We have suggested to our DS that he may have a happier HS life, and end up in the same position for college admissions, choosing the school with more competitive sports but less daily homework.  We are very afraid he wont be home until 7 pm on weekdays, and will be up to 1am every night at the more academically challenging HS.  We think that kind of schedule will make for an unhappy and possibly unhealthy HS life.   DS is a "type A" personality however and he does not share our concerns about the homework load.   We will have to figure this out this week.....[/quote]

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