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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So much ignorance on this thread. My DC is a recruited athlete at a top NESCAC and is having an excellent time playing sports with an awesome group of young adults. DC has a 3.8, is pursuing a double major, plans on writing a thesis, has a very active social life.  And obviously there is no aid of any kind.  It really isn’t that hard at the D3 level.[/quote]

It really is difficult to graduate from college.  As mentioned earlier 50% of students who enter college fail to graduate with a Bachelors Degree or higher.

If college was easy everyone would graduate not just 50%.  Some kids can do it all and that's great for them, but many cannot balance maintaining a decent GPA and participating in college athletics. Nothing could be more awful than going to college, playing sports and leaving without graduating - leaving without a Bachelors Degree.

The NCAA so terribly exploits these kids.  The kids can't even sell their own names for jerseys or their images.  All the time the NCAA and the colleges market tons of merchandise related to the players.

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I agree about the NCAA exploiting kids but that’s at the D1 level.  At D3 athletics is always secondary to academics, at least at selective colleges.  And nobody should send their DC to a college that doesn’t have at least an 80% graduation rate.[/quote]

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