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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Obviously not all, but you know what I mean. The best case scenario is your teen is one of the top 5% (?) who will get an athletic scholarship to college. OK...well...they still have to major in something. Patrician sports parents get this, but the middle class sports -- football, basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball, softball, swimming -- parents rarely seem to. They let the sport just consume their and their kid's life, then they get to college and can only handle communications or sociology.[/quote]

The real issue is that they're unlikely to even be prepared for college. Even though there are plenty of degree mills and laughing stock majors, roughly 50% of boys fail or drop out of college before getting their BA.

These parents have no impulse control, they want immediate thrills and glorification the sport provides, plus they don't value or comprehend what education means. They SAY they care about education, but their actions put forth 100x more energy and passion into their kid's sport. So the kid also has little impulse control and doesn't REALLY give a s*** about education. To top it off inflated grades – 50% of all 12th graders have an A average GPA! – con travel sports parents into thinking their jock kid who "never studies" is WICKED SMART with his or her fake As and Bs.[/quote]

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