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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good for that kid. Not sure the ROI on others’ tuition and other revenue is there, but hey schools like to overcharge, rack up students’ debt, but give a women’s soccer player a free ride. Super use of funds. Throwing money out the window. [/quote]

You don’t think and women’s soccer players deserve full rides? Wow, the misogyny lives on in DCurban moms. You are a terrible human being.[/quote]

I don’t think men’s soccer players deserve full rides either, but nice assumption moron. [/quote]

You do realize how this works, right? Not all verbal soccer commitments get full rides, right? Actually, it is very rare. Football and basketball are head count sports All of those players on scholarship get full rides. You aren’t against women in sports but you just don’t think the most talented should be rewarded. Just trying to follow.[/quote]

Let me try to explain. I don’t think universities and colleges should give out scholarships for athletics. Period. I think an institute of higher learning should focus on academics and research and not sports. I think colleges can have volunteer sports activities where they are self funding (revenue pays for expenses, including facilities, equipment, coaching and travel) and any revenue left over is shared with players. Similar to high school. They can get sponsors and do fund raisers too and even have alumni donations, but no school based revenue (tuition, fees, grants, etc.) goes into those programs and no scholarships. While I get that sports creates a nice brand for universities, that’s not what universities should be competing on. They are supposed to be there to teach young adults and get them ready for the real world. That’s not what they’ve become and this over emphasis on college athletics, sports, etc. is not helping.

If your kid is that good they get picked up by a pro or semi pro team, or they play club or college ball for free, or they play for fun. No more free rides because a kid can kick, shoot, hit, dunk, catch, tackle, swim, run fast, etc. [/quote]

I agree with this and we should start with High School Sports. [/quote]

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