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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former collegiate athletes are more likely to donate than non-athletes.

Many would-be employers prefer to hire collegiate athletes; having a heavy “roster” of them on campus improves post-graduation hiring numbers.

Some schools need male sports to mitigate what would be a heavily skewed student body, sex wise.

Many applicants view collegiate sports as part of the overall college experience and favor schools that offer them.

Some households will pay a higher tuition if it means an opportunity to play collegiate sports. [/quote]
By this rationale, 35% athletes at Williams and Amherst is not nearly enough. These are top schools. Why not make it 60%? Or 70%, even? They can start out on JV teams, just like high school — but, of course, even if they are not officially NESCAC athletes until they are on varsity, [b]nothing stops the school from giving them the same fist on the scale for admissions.[/b] [/quote]

The numbers at schools like Williams are driven by the number of supported sports. Are you suggesting that they add more sports?

Actually there are specific rules prevented unlimited recruiting support. Rules that are agreed upon among the NESCAC schools regarding the number of Athletes below the schools typical admissions criteria who are eligible for recruiting support. Regarding JV teams, schools used to have them but they have been mostly dropped because of a lack of interest believed in part to be caused by the increased level of skill required for most varsity teams. This means that most JV players never made it to varsity. It has actually become so hard to find schools with JV teams that they resorted to playing high schools and club teams.[/quote]

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