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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You all are so noxious and petty. Congrats to all the D3 players who get to continue their love of sport and any merit recieved.
—Nonsport parent (DC played through Varsity and will not play in college) [/quote]

Respectfully, congrats for what exactly? Anyone can walk on low rank D3 teams. Most of these kids will quit the sport after a year of riding the bench. It’s just these travel sports parents trying to save face because they can’t come to grips with the fact they wasted money and years of free time gunning for a D1 offer that never materialized.[/quote]

You are just wrong. My son is in the middle of recruitment for baseball. Kids on his travel team will go D1, D2, D3, and JUCO. His high school’s top players will go D3, no D1 talent. Getting on the radar of the D3s is just as hard as D1 - sure, a lower level player, but they still have to want you. You can’t show up and decide to play. They have full rosters and don’t just add walk ons.

Mock D3 athletes if it gets you off - whatever gets you through the day. But you are wrong about what it takes to play at a D3.[/quote]

I hear what you are saying...but go pick a random D3 school in the middle of nowhere that has a 90%+ acceptance rate.  I randomly picked Alma College.  I would be shocked if you are 1/2 decent player and you decide to attend that school that you can't walk on that team.

An NESCAC or a school like Emory, JHU, etc....that's a completely different animal.  However, there are hundreds of Alma's out there.

BTW, your travel coach needs to warn kids about JUCO.  The transfer portal has destroyed the value of JUCO and increasingly doesn't lead anywhere...at the very least, make sure the JUCO has direct admit to a good flagship so have a good option when baseball doesn't work out.[/quote]

But no one is talking about the middle of nowhere. People are talking about Gettysburg, Lynchburg, Washington College, etc. No one is walking on there unless they are the real deal.[/quote]

Well...yes they are.  You responded to someone that said you can walk on to a low-ranked D3 team, by claiming you cannot.

My point is in fact there are hundreds of low-ranked, non-selective D3 teams that you can [b]probably [/b]walk on the team.[/quote]

DP but read the bolded word in your comment, ponder why it’s bolded, and then just stop talking.[/quote]

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