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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Men's tennis - fewer programs, and generally the scholarships available are split amongst the team.  Most teams recruit European and South American players that are good enough to play in lower level pro tournaments but not quite ready to make the step to the biggest tournaments where you really make money.  They still have college eligibility because the money they made from the smaller tournaments was offset by traveling and coaching expenses.  [/quote]

What does this get the colleges that recruit these athletes?

Seems like these people are way more likely to leave early to pursue a professional career. I must be wrong about tis, but it seems like the value of having strong tennis/golf/squash programs (and scholarships for the athletes) is really to build a network of high-income high value alum. No one is choosing to go to School X because of their competitive tennis program (unlike football or basketball, which give the school a lot of publicity)[/quote]

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