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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][/quote]

For boys that are not students, it may be the way to get into one of the those low tier academic schools and a good thing to get them to actually get a degree.

For the stellar students, I would [b]never sacrifice [/b]or take a hit in academic trajectory/potential for soccer.[/quote]

True Story:

Colleague #1 played for Radford University and obtained degree
Colleague #1 could have played at RU, but decided to pursue academics at UVA. Graduated.

10 years later;

Both work at the same job, same pay grade, same professional path. Is not always about the best school is what I learned from this situation.[/quote]

I agree with all of this, and would never assume that merely deciding to go to UVA reflects a commitment to academic excellence (I went there and would not say more than 10-15% of students would fall into that category, maybe fewer), or that a decision to play and go to Radford means you cannot invest in academic excellence. But trying to be top-flight soccer and top-flight students anywhere is going to become mutually exclusive very quickly. That’s perhaps a different point than the one you are making.

Put differently, you could perhaps do better going to UVA and not playing soccer but devoting yourself to academic excellence than going to Columbia and playing soccer full-out while trying to graduate Phi Beta Kappa. [/quote]

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