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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is a minority who pays full tuition and he participates in crew.  He's not the only one.  Check your preconceived notions.[/quote]

That's nice, but it's an overwhelmingly white sport in college and high schools.  [/quote]

If people are serious about promoting socioeconomic diversity, the school crew clubs would earmark a significant amount of money for financial aid and make it clear that the school, not the parents, is in charge of the aid determination.  That way not just the full-paying AA/Latino/White kids can row.  Saying "rich people of every color can participate" is not a great recipe for diversity.

Why doesn't this happen?  I will posit that it is for one of two reasons: (1) cost -- it's pricey to have to raise the money not just to fund the club and those sleek Vespoli shells, but to have a big enough pool to cover all potential financial aid need from year to year; and (2) competition -- parents who see crew as a potential ticket to a better college for their child don't have an incentive to expand the pool of potential competitors for places on the team.[/quote]Capital Rowing Club member again.  I know I sound like a broken record, but folks should check out the Capital Juniors Rowing program because they do subsidize kids who can't pay for the program.[/quote]

That is great and worth getting out there.  [/quote]

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