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[quote=Anonymous]The anger and vitriol that parents of non-athletic kids have towards kids who win athletic scholarships to college is pathetic.  It's not a zero sum game.  They're not taking spots away from your kids, and they're adding to the university community in a way that your kid cannot.

My kids, for example, were all dorks, without an athletic bone in any of their bodies.  They did very well on the college admissions front regardless.

One of my kid's boyfriend, on the other hand, had a perfectly respectable high school record and test scores and was a first-team all met selection in the DMV for a revenue sport.  He generated serious interest from several lower level Division I programs with high academic standards without even trying, including an Ivy League school.  In the end, however, recruiters took a pass and he was left scrambling.  He ended up at a complete no-name school with no scholarship,

They don't just hand out admissions and/or scholarships to athletes.  You have to be [i]really, really[/i] good.

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