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[quote=Anonymous]Post has evolved - which is fine.

Parents must be involved in college sports decisions.  The, “it’s up to my kid” stuff is stupid.  Why?  Because college sports are very very very different than high school sports and club sports.  From D3 to D1 - playing a college sport means that first you are doing what the sport/coaches require.  Then, in the time left, you are a student.  If you can’t do that - then forget playing in college.

Per the NCAA - a college sport can only take up 25 hours a week in season.  And, it can only take up 8 hours a week in the off season.  But, those are “required” non-travel commitments.  In short - that is official practice/game times.  
What activities are not official practice/game times?  To start with - getting to and from practices and games.  Getting changed before and after practices.  Getting taped and warmed up.  Fitness work - weightroom.  Film/strategy.  Individual skill work.  None of that is “official time”, but don’t do it and you are gone.

Figure - realistically and not counting travel - 45-50 hours a week pre-season and in season.  25 hours a week out of season.  10-15 hours a week out of season if D3.  Figure 5 hours a week just getting to and from practice.

Practice is mostly late afternoons so your class schedule has to fit.  You take a reduced schedule in season and make it up out of season and in the summer.

And - if you are not getting playing time - you quit.  It does not take long to figure out that it all is way to much work to not play.

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