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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it annoying because the kids I know well from upper NW/close-in MD who are being recruited have parents who poured an absolute TON of money into their kids. 
Their kid had baseline athletic ability (as do countless kids at age 5 or 8) and then their parents paid for private coaches for YEARS and YEARS.  Flew them all over the Eastern seaboard for tournaments.  Weekend after weekend for years.  Three of the kids I'm thinking of have dads (and moms) who never worked or have worked very, very part time (they live off family money). 
The dad's sole occupation for 17 years has been to develop their kid's talent.  
If you live in NW DC or Chevy Chase, etc and have a kid on high-level travel teams, I'm sure you've run into this situation.  I've seen it at least a half dozen times.

I know that this type of situation isn't the case with high school athletes in much of America (or maybe it is?) but here in NW DC, it's the kids who paid ENORMOUS amounts of money to play that are being recruited.  And often with parents who can afford to not work or to only work very part-time.  Not all recruits from this area are in this position (for sure!) but I have seen it happen many times.

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Sure.  And there are many, many more kids in upper NW DC and MD (and VA) whose parents paid a fortune in tutors, enrichment courses, trips to "volunteer," and much more to improve their kids' grades and beef up the college "resume."  Not to mention having the means to live in affluent, low-crime areas, feed their kids nutritious meals, make sure they get enough sleep, let their kids concentrate on school rather than get a part-time job, etc.  All of those are significant advantages over many (most) kids in this country.  Are you whining about them, too?  Probably not, because [gasp] I've just described you.  [/quote]

Agree with all of this, but also wanted to point out that this poster seems to believe that any kid with average athletic ability can end up as a recruited athlete if their parents arrange for years of expensive training.  That's not at all true, at least if we are talking about athletic recruitment to any school that is going to make an insecure DCUM parent froth at the mouth with envy.  Kids heading to ivies and top NESCACs for sports are all above average athletes at a minimum.[/quote]

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