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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So juniors cut have no option for high school baseball not even back down to JV because of the local transfers? Meanwhile, freshman primetime kids from an average team make JV?  [/quote]

+1. At least give the kid a jersey and let him be on varsity so he can list it on his college applications.  Playing time is a totally different matter.  Best players, play.  Everyone gets that.  [/quote]

Agree. Its terrible for the kids who put in all the work for the past 2 years and now likely wont have a Varsity letter for college apps.[/quote]

Do kids going to a WCAC school really need that varsity letter on the college app?[/quote]

No...the reality is that if you aren't a recruited athlete, then just playing a sport is a line item on the app, but nobody cares much (and if not recruited, they don't care if you played Varsity of JV or a Club sport...it's an activity).[/quote]

This is just blatantly incorrect. Colleges 100% know what it takes to be part of a varsity sport versus attending the inner peace club activity.  [/quote]

No. The previous PP is correct. If a student is not a recruited athlete then playing a high school sport (varsity or jv or club, etc.) is simply just another EC to college admissions folks. Unless you are being recruited for your sport, it does not move the needle any more or any less than any other EC. I used to read college applications as recently as 2 years ago and am still a member of a private college app reader board. We discuss this fairly often.  [/quote]

Then you did your school a disservice.  If you were not sophisticated enough to understand that playing varsity at a WCAC school is a much different time commitment than many other schools you should not have been reviewing apps and you probably whiffed on some great applicants.  [/quote]

I guess it depends on the sport, but for baseball you will see probably 10 players on a WCAC varsity roster that won’t see much of any playing time.  They are kept on the team just because they show up at practice, but honestly the coach would rather they just quit.

I don’t see why any college would or should reward that.  [/quote]

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