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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this is just one of those issues on which there will not be agreement, both because people never agree on anything where sports is involved (see argument over whether a football player who specializes in kicking can be an athlete, compare "is golf a sport" argument), and because the definition of what it means to be a school that is "first-rate at sports" is not something people agree upon.  For me, the fact that about 20% of a St. Albans graduating class goes on to play a varsity sport (Division I or IAA or III) in college provides enough support for them to say they offer a "first-rate" academic and athletic experience.  And the fact that so many kids end up playing a sport at the Ivy League schools is a plus for me, not a negative, as is the fact that they have kids playing college sports in a variety of sports.

[b]But if somebody defines "first-rate" sports program as being linked only to the percentage of kids who are Division I letter of intent signees, or are playing in the "revenue sports" of football and basketball, or the "helmet sports" of football/ice hockey/lacrosse, then they won't see athletics as a strong point at a St. Albans.[/b]

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Exactly... That is what people are looking for in a 1st rate athletic department. Just like a 1st rate academic school uses matriculation to Ivy's and SLACs as a way to show their school is 1st rate in academics[/quote]

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