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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former Amherst athlete here.  One aspect that skews the numbers slightly is that a lot of athletes play two sports.  So the number of recruited athletes is a little lower than it seems on paper.  My experience was that the athletes tended to be more prominent socially during freshman year but that many became less “jocky” as they found other interests or even stopped playing on a team (because there are no athletic scholarships there are no requirements that you have to stay on a team if you’d prefer not to).  [/quote]

Generally, and frequently, at SLACs and everywhere else quite frankly, kids drop playing sports when it becomes clear to them that they will not get much, if any, playing time.  It's always too much work to be on a team and not play.   The old saying is that there is no "I" in "Team" -- and that is right.  But, there are two "I"s in "Playing Time".  Typically, half of the kids who start out playing a sport as freshman are done by their Junior year.  That does not mean that they leave campus.  They instead find themselves with much more time to do other things.  The thing about all sports - even at a SLAC, is that the coach's job and pay depends on: (1) winning within the school's expected parameters (2) winning within the school's expected parameters (3) winning within the school's expected parameters (4) making sure athletes on the team represent the school appropriately (don't get in trouble, don't flunk out); and (5) athletes on the team do okay academically and eventually graduate.  So the coach is focused on winning.

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