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[quote=Anonymous]Nice to read various perspectives since we are entering recruiting with our junior this year. Until I had my own, I and my birth family were firmly in the college is only for academics and college sports are pointless camp. DH was less so. However, I've changed my view as I've seen how sports can change lives and are often necessary for certain kids to succeed. Here are my thoughts:

DK has ADHD as do plenty of college athletes, perhaps even a majority these days. Research and our own life experience shows sports are great for kids with ADHD. The enforced study halls, access to tutors and rigorous schedule leading to time management skills is exactly what they need to succeed. So sports at the college level can be great if the right combo can be found. The harder part can be convincing an ADHD kid or any 17 year old to go D3 when D1s are calling.

We definitely worry about injuries but our athlete is more frequently injured in daily activities - eg slid off the steps and severely sprained an ankle recently - ironically that hasn't yet happened with the sport.

D1 does seem like a full-time job for certain sports (esp football and basketball) and they own you regardless of the sport. While lab science majors and engineering are discouraged as is study abroad, it seems a lot of teams do try and take an intl trip every 2 years.

I agree the best combo is to try and get merit aid and avoid sports $ if possible so the athlete can drop the sport if desired/required. Thus we tell our athlete to pick the school that they'd like to be at whether or not they're playing their sport.[/quote]

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