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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a very tired topic. Parents without athletes hate the recruited athlete hook. We get it. [/quote]

But there are so many needless slots set aside for weird exclusive sports. It's blatant backdoor affirmative action for pampered rich white kids who couldn't cut it otherwise.[/quote]

Sometimes recruiting benefits one demographic, sometimes it benefits another. I seem to recall Brown reversing its plans to cancel some sports because doing so would hurt diversity.  Regardless of how one feels about the topic of athletic recruiting, the evidence does not support the title of the thread; in fact it suggests top LACs are recruiting at about the same rate as top private universities.  The universities have a lower percentage of total athletes, but you are more likely to need to be recruited to be able to play D1; walk-ons are more likely at D3, and most LACs are D3.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/11/us/brown-university-reinstates-athletic-programs-trnd/index.html[/quote]

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