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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I am going to play devil's advocate here. First, let me say I am not in complete agreement with the tactics of the baseball coach. I do know the coaches are under tremendous pressure to produce and win. Year by year the number of national tournaments in which the school participates in increases. Alumni donations soar when a team gets nationally ranked or wins. What is going on at SJC has been going for years for soccer and baseball. Every parent knows when they come to SJC your child can be easily recruited over or better yet cut. The coaches make no guarantees. This happens at IMG, Sienna Canyon and etc. If you don't like it go to GPrep or a school that's outside of the WCAC. [/quote]

Getting cut is one thing.
Paying a bribe to play is another.

I don't see why SJC defenders can't see the difference. [/quote]

Some may see it as paying a bribe, but on the the receiving end, it feels more like extortion.[/quote]

I read this and thought “what’s the difference?”  But have thought about it. Big difference  if I had bribed SJC it would’ve been my choice. I was definitely extorted. And by the time we figured it out, my son was a junior. Wasn’t going t pull him out at that point. Trapped. That’s the best way I can describe the way we felt.[/quote]

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