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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The D1 rowers I know in heavyweight are almost all 6”5+ (closer to a 6”7 average), while lightweight was closer to 6”-6”3. But those lightweight boys were encouraged to do crazy things / starved themselves for weigh in and that always seemed so rough. They spent so much time rowing, I had no idea how they had the energy for classes. [/quote]

D1 rowing is intense. Though you may get money, the athlete is working extremely hard every single day for that team! 
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This. It's a lifestyle and kind of a lonely one for some as you do it at the expense of other parts of college. A friend's kid was just sharing about this. I guess this is the case with all or most athletes but crew seems especially early and time consuming. [/quote]

It has a very high dropout rate...though honestly, the high academic sport dropout rate is high in general.

Approximately 30% of college athletes will quit before completing four years of athletic eligibility, according to a study at Brown University.   It is generally higher in sports that don't attract much student fan interest and/or are considered fairly isolating socially.  Crew fits the bill because you are traveling some distance to train, the training is time and physically intensive, and you won't get many students coming to watch races.[/quote]

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