My DC plays a sport in college and we go to most games (4 hours away). We have met so many other delightful families and it is a totally unexpected upside of playing a college sport. I would say about 70% of families attend most games (sometimes just 1 parent). So nice to meet new people and have a new network at this stage in life even if just for 4 years!

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Anonymous wrote:Your kid going away to college is a great opportunity/time for you to pick up new hobbies, skills, or friendships!

Clearly you don't have an athlete or you were one of the crappy parents who was MIA for their games.

My kids college coach is so irritated with the over
involvement parents at the college level. Find something else to do with yourself then piss off your kids couch.

So this would mean there are no spectators at whatever sport that your kid maybe plays.

I will go to every game I can. I don't think this is weird at all. but I won't engage with the coaches just as I haven't engaged with them at all at the high school level-I don't know why this was even brought up. that's nuts.

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Anonymous wrote:Your kid going away to college is a great opportunity/time for you to pick up new hobbies, skills, or friendships!

Clearly you don't have an athlete or you were one of the crappy parents who was MIA for their games.

My kids college coach is so irritated with the over
involvement parents at the college level. Find something else to do with yourself then piss off your kids couch.

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Anonymous wrote:Assume your son’s college is a plane ride away, as are all the away games. Does one or both parents fly out to watch the game and pay for hotels?

Trying to think ahead here for next year

That sounds insane to even consider.

Explain?

For the sake of discussion, assume that our son is the last to leave the nest, so there’s no teenagers at home. We do have a dog, but my sister will happily take that dog for the weekend so pet sitting isn’t a problem.

We can pretty easily afford plane tickets and hotels if we plan well in advance and select economy flights

It's just anti sport trolls. I couldn't imagine not going to every game possible. And football makes it relatively easy with (mostly) Saturday games and relatively few games compared to other sports. Basketball or baseball would be much tougher to go to all of the games.

A good friend of mine from my remote SLAC runs two Airbnbs in our college town and told me they book up with players’ parents who come to every home game. I was shocked.

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Anonymous wrote:Assume your son’s college is a plane ride away, as are all the away games. Does one or both parents fly out to watch the game and pay for hotels?

Trying to think ahead here for next year

That sounds insane to even consider.

This. I am retired and wealthy and still don’t do anything remotely like this.

Does your son play football for Michigan? Because that’s the level of sport that I’m asking about — op

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Anonymous wrote:Assume your son’s college is a plane ride away, as are all the away games. Does one or both parents fly out to watch the game and pay for hotels?

Trying to think ahead here for next year

That sounds insane to even consider.

Explain?

For the sake of discussion, assume that our son is the last to leave the nest, so there’s no teenagers at home. We do have a dog, but my sister will happily take that dog for the weekend so pet sitting isn’t a problem.

We can pretty easily afford plane tickets and hotels if we plan well in advance and select economy flights

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Assume your son’s college is a plane ride away, as are all the away games. Does one or both parents fly out to watch the game and pay for hotels?

Trying to think ahead here for next year

That sounds insane to even consider.

This. I am retired and wealthy and still don’t do anything remotely like this.

Anonymous wrote:Assume your son’s college is a plane ride away, as are all the away games. Does one or both parents fly out to watch the game and pay for hotels?

Trying to think ahead here for next year

That sounds insane to even consider.

Anonymous wrote:Your kid going away to college is a great opportunity/time for you to pick up new hobbies, skills, or friendships!

Clearly you don't have an athlete or you were one of the crappy parents who was MIA for their games.

Anonymous wrote:Assume your son’s college is a plane ride away, as are all the away games. Does one or both parents fly out to watch the game and pay for hotels?

Trying to think ahead here for next year

It sounds like we are year behind you on the recruiting cycle. My hope is that my kid chooses to play somewhere within fairly easy striking distance as we are likely to go to every game. And, honestly, I'm a bit uncomfortable not having a parent around in case of injury. But mainly I just want to support my kid as I always have.

Not football, but my DS was in another sport. I visited a few times a season, but I was a driving distance away (5 hours). Some parents only visited once in 4 years. Do whatever you like. It's not like you all sit together.

Your kid going away to college is a great opportunity/time for you to pick up new hobbies, skills, or friendships!

Assume your son’s college is a plane ride away, as are all the away games. Does one or both parents fly out to watch the game and pay for hotels?

Trying to think ahead here for next year