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[quote=Anonymous]This would be a very unethical thing for a kid to do, especially if he's highly recruited.  The coach and assistant coaches put a lot of time into trying to shape the best team they can, and they are 100% going to be assuming that their top recruits plan to play and hopefully end up as cornerstones of the team--their jobs depend in part on how well their recruits perform.  Other kids around the country will be choosing schools in part based on which players have already committed, with an expectation of what sort of team they expect to join.   Everyone understands if a kid arrives and finds he can't balance the sports and academics, but a kid dropping sports in that circumstance is very different from one used the commitment as a scam to get into the college with no plan to help the team or coaches.

I also don't understand why there is any reason to think the kid won't be able to balance school and sports once he gets there if he's been able to do it so far.  Ivy sports are not nearly as intense as most D1 sports, and as mentioned earlier, there will be good tutoring and other academic resources available to all the students at the school.  Also, as others have said, a kid who took this sort of selfish approach to his commitment would make it much harder for other kids from his school or club team to get offers.  He would be embarrassing the HS or club coach who vouched for him too.  I would have a very low opinion of any kid who did this, and any parents who encouraged it.  The fact that other unethical people game the system all the time has no bearing on the issue--they all suck too.[/quote]

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