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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to high school in the early 90's and it wasn't like this at all.  There weren't "club" teams.  Everyone I knew who was an athlete played only for their high school and most played multiple sports. The most we did was do a week of summer camp at some random place.  Coaches also were definitely not making money off their players.

There also wasn't "travel" for kids as young as 1st grade like there is now.  Think about it.  It's SICK!

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It is a very different era now, sadly.

One thing, many D1 coaches, particularly football and basketball, prefer multi-sport athletes to someone who is so focused on a single sport. It is so unhealthy, the life lived by the PP above who laid out the 6 year SJC scam.

Football players should be doing wrestling and/or track depending on their position as an example.[/quote]

I am the PP and I agree with you wholeheartedly.  I have one child who excels in the arts and one who excels in athletics.  Both are good students and both do a variety of activities.  The one who is an athlete is in an independent school where he currently plays soccer, basketball and baseball.  He's in MS but will stay there through high school and hopefully continue to play all three sports because he loves to play and not because we are looking for him to play in college.

We had a D1 ball player live with us this summer and he was basically owned by his college.  Miserable.  All he did was play baseball, eat and sleep.  My son adored him, (such a good kid and became a big brother to my son) but it was an eye-opening experience for him as he realized that while it seems really cool to play baseball in college it might not be all it's cracked up to be.

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I agree with part of this and somewhat disagree with part.

I agree with the importance of having well rounded kids in high school. Not just athletically (playing different sports) but athletic kids who have non-athletic interests. Big problem for SJC baseball players is that baseball is all consuming and does not allow kids to get involved with anything else (literally) at school. Now imagine you’re one of the kids who dedicates all of his time to baseball there and never gets on the field. It’s a shame and happens a lot. There’s only one reason to keep those kids in the program, and the person it benefits is not the kid.

I somewhat disagree with the notion that kids who play sports in college feel “owned” by the college. Some may feel like this but many do not. Probably depends on the kid (some love nothing more than playing their sport and working at it is never a chore) and the college coach (some are more demanding and less human than others). All about finding the right situation and your kid knowing him/herself including what makes them happy and what their goals are.[/quote]

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