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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, thanks for this post. My DS is early in the travel journey and we're debating whether this is a good decision or not. We already plan so much time around his sports' schedule that I can't imagine what it'll be like heading to SC/NC for weekends, too. At present, the kids all do well academically so I'd like to focus on that. [b]Even if DS is good enough to play D3, what's the point in that?[/b] He'd spend so much time in practice and games that he'd miss out on the academics of college.

I think our kids would gain just as much athleticism and love of team sports playing on a lower tier team with less commitment as playing travel. I'm planning to get out while we still can and spend that extra time and money on academics and family time. [/quote]

How he spends his time in college is really up to him.

While kids activities should not be indulged beyond the families financial or real logistical or time constraints but purposely holding a kid back from their potential only closes opportunities later. I don't know if your son can play D3, D2 or D1 and it may not even matter to him but it is best to let him drive his ambition within the boundaries of what your family can reasonably accommodate. [/quote]

This comment negates all the other comments of all the good things kids/adults get from playing sports, as if playing professionally is the only good outcome. Played D3 sports, stayed in amazing shape, had a great group of built-in friends. So much positive from playing for the joy of playing, and remained Dean's List and have done very well profressionally. I find this comment so odd.

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+1 I totally agree with the PP. Playing professionally - even playing D1 - are not the only positive outcomes of playing a sport in college. I played D3 sports and it was honestly one of the best life decisions I have ever made. I thrived both athetically and academically (it is not one or the other) and made life-long friends with whom I'm still close decades later. These were the friends I made the first week I was at school starting soccer practice before any of the other students arrived. To look at playing in college only through the lens of whether someone will play professionally or D1 is just so screwed up. There is so much more to it. [/quote]

I wrote the reply to the bolded. You are either talking about the OP or misinterpreted what my point was. I believe the player should pursue their ambition, my only constraint is that there are real world realities that may prevent some families from pursuing their soccer ambition. There is tremendous value in playing team sports as long as one can. Not the least of which is competing is simply fun. [/quote]

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