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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Even I am surprised to see the level of spirited discussion this topic has generated. After reading overwhelming opposition to football, any second thoughts are now removed. We will stay firm to no football. That leads to a perfect segue into the topic of Crew. The next thing DS asked is particiaption in Crew if he cannot do football. We did not let him sign up because of time committment and he needs to get adjusted to the curriculam. I believe the crew time committment is even more than any other sports because there is travel time to get to practice and back. Other than health and team work benefits, are there any other advantages to this sport. [/quote]

If he turns out to be a solid rower, this can be a good item for college applications. The ratio of high school programs to college programs is a lot lower for crew than for other sports, so while it's not recruited like some other sports are, having a few years of experience on a crew team and some solid numbers to show for it can be an attractive line on an application.[/quote]

Crew parent here from a different school. My kid rows and I think it is fantastic, the time commitment and expense notwithstanding, and I totally get the value for a college application. Just to expand on this post, though, there are not that many men's college rowing programs -- maybe in the vicinity of 75, while there are ~150 women's college rowing programs because of Title IX. So if your kid wants to row in college (and even potentially get recruited, although that really is all about height on top of everything else from what I can see), men will have fewer options than women.

I do think that no matter whether you kid wants to continue with rowing in college, it's amazing for physical fitness, discipline, and teamwork. So that's going to look good on a college application and have benefits for the kid no matter what.[/quote]

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