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[quote=Anonymous]I believe there is some latent hostility from established kids and families at a school against recruited athletes. How can this not take form somewhat? If a kid has been at XYZ since elementary or through middle school & has participated in scholastic teams in those lower grades, that makes for a comfortable comraderie. If those same kids (and their parents who are paying tens of thousands a year in tuition) then find that in the high school grades they are displaced by recruited kids, it can't possibly go well. Of course some preps will field successful teams in certain sports where they have recruited kids in, but that always comes at an integrity and fair play cost.

I don't care what anyone says...when you pay a lot of dough for a school and then your kid comes home crying in 9th or 10th grade because they told him he can't play a kid's game he loves because of the club kids they imported, it's all wrong and it fucking sucks. Some adults -- the crazed administrators at prep sports farms, the crazy parents -- have really done damage to the ethos of high school sports at these IAC and WCAC schools. I know these kids are at the age where there are no more participation trophies, it's all wrong to tell a kid he he structurally out of the picture in a high school sport at his school. Especially when you are also selling ringers on hopping aboard your school just to boost certain sports teams at those schools. It is a dopey way to administer an institution that relies on customer happiness and loyalty via $$$$ tuition and $$$$$$$$ in donations. [/quote]

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