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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with you OP.

They need to justify the thousand and thousands of sunk hours and dollars.

D3 and most of D2 and even many D1 get no money for sports. People are really ignorant.

OP isn't saying sports are bad, or college sports are useless...just nothing to brag about! [/quote]

I don’t know the difference between D1 and D2 and D3, I just know a crummy college when I see one. It’s really irrational to go pay big bucks for a subpar university you’d never look at or go to were it not for a roster spot on a team that plays in front of maybe 20 people.[/quote]

Jesus, OP and these prior posters talking about "crummy" or "no-name" colleges are just snobbish, insufferable assholes.  While they may not meet *your* standards for an acceptable college, how on earth should that detract one iota from someone else's accomplishment if that is the right college for them - regardless of whether that fit is attributable to the academics, a particular major they offer, or (gasp) the ability it affords one to continue in a sport he or she loves for a few more years.  I think parents and their kids should celebrate their success in getting into *any* college - it's a major achievement.

FWIW, I have two boys - the younger one is an athletic one, pretty bright but not necessarily an academic superstar.  I can envision him going on to a range of different schools, including some of those very "no-name" or "crummy" ones the OP loves to hate on.  That won't make him any less successful in the future.  My older one was always more internally driven - he was top of his class in HS, 1600 SAT, and is now a junior at Caltech.  OP, since you're so smug about the college choices that OTHERS make, I'm going to assume by that logic, I should probably not expect to be too impressed by your own kid in comparison to my oldest … asshole.[/quote]

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