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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]D1 full ride scholarships are SUPER rare. Most swim, field hockey, lax, etc. are only on tuition or more than likely PARTIAL tuition scholarships. Tuition at a state school is only like $12k-16k a year. So 10+ years of travel sports and squandering all your weekends and after-school carpooling for 50 grand? Dumb.

What's dumber than that? Letting your kid go to some sh*thole private school in the middle of nowhere so they can keep their silly dream alive. A dream they have a 90% chance of quitting once they ride the bench and discover partying & casual hookups.[/quote]

Judge much? My DD quit sports by high school (for academics) but I enjoyed taking her to her travel games and practices for a few years. 
It was fun to watch them play, taught her hard work and some social skills and I enjoyed socializing with the other families

For some people, especially those who aren’t geniuses in school, sports might be a great career path for them. Maybe that obscure private school will be great for them. [/quote]

Loved following my kids’ travel sports. It was never an investment in a potential future scholarship (which none of mine ever received). It was what they wanted to do and a way to give them the best chance of making their high school teams, which mattered to them. It was expensive but it enriched their lives. Ooh, makes you angry doesn’t it? Quick, write something that helps you release some of that anger. [/quote]

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