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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would Princeton, or any college, care how good their water polo team or fencing team is? I don't get it. (I understand football, but these tiny teams that I can't imagine have much of a crowd... who the heck cares?) Wouldn't they rather be recruiting the most brilliant high school computer scientists or entrepreneurs or writers, kids who actually might make an impact on the world? Or maybe they are recruiting those kids as juniors, and I just haven't heard about it. [/quote]

1.  They do care much more about spectator sports.  But once those are in the mix there is some equity at stake.
2.  Classical tradition of healthy mind/body
3.  The former athletes give and raise money at higher rates
4.  Current university model in U.S. includes watching/playing sports -- hard to break from that given strong feelings of alumni base and expectations of current students
5.  Students in these "minor" sports often highly accomplished students too -- athletics is tie-breaker over other applicants with same academic profile
6.  Even with 1 - 5, Ivies still ponder your issue
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