Anonymous
Post 08/22/2021 15:12     Subject: Re:College squash teams
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The field hockey and lacrosse teams are no different.


Incredibly different. Where I live, there have been field hockey and lacrosse teams, for generations, in school districts at all income levels.

This is not even close to the same thing as an individual, niche sport, often played outside of school and favored by well to do families.


I was talking about at the college level, and where I live they’re rich kid sports.


This is true of most non-revenue sports, gymnastics, swim, volleyball, even baseball. Basically any sport that is pay to play at the level where recruitment occurs is going to be a rich kid sport
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2021 15:08     Subject: Re:College squash teams
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The field hockey and lacrosse teams are no different.


Incredibly different. Where I live, there have been field hockey and lacrosse teams, for generations, in school districts at all income levels.

This is not even close to the same thing as an individual, niche sport, often played outside of school and favored by well to do families.


I was talking about at the college level, and where I live they’re rich kid sports.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2021 15:05     Subject: Re:College squash teams
Anonymous wrote:The field hockey and lacrosse teams are no different.


Incredibly different. Where I live, there have been field hockey and lacrosse teams, for generations, in school districts at all income levels.

This is not even close to the same thing as an individual, niche sport, often played outside of school and favored by well to do families.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2021 14:52     Subject: Re:College squash teams
Anonymous wrote:The field hockey and lacrosse teams are no different.


A lot of public schools nationally have lacrosse and regionally a lot of publics have field hockey
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2021 14:39     Subject: Re:College squash teams
The field hockey and lacrosse teams are no different.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2021 14:38     Subject: College squash teams
There are only 2 colleges where Polo is a Varsity sport: Cornell and Roger Williams. The rest are club sports or student organizations. Source: US Polo Assoc.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2021 11:21     Subject: College squash teams
Polo with horses?! I'd be very interested to know which colleges have this.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2021 11:10     Subject: College squash teams
Polo? What colleges compete in polo? Is that a recruitment sport? That is nuts.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2021 10:27     Subject: College squash teams
I can do you one better. I was flipping through the Vassar catalogue and they have a club polo team that competes against other schools. And yes, I polo with horses, not water polo.
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2021 00:48     Subject: Re:College squash teams
Anonymous wrote:Article about niche sports for the UMC, and describes the squash scene in CT.
https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/files/20201101_nichesports.pdf


On that note, there's an episode of Little America on Apple TV that features a Latina girl from an urban setting succeeding in squash and it being a rare occurrence: https://ussquash.org/2020/01/the-rocky-of-squash-little-america/
Anonymous
Post 08/22/2021 00:12     Subject: Re:College squash teams
Article about niche sports for the UMC, and describes the squash scene in CT.
https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/files/20201101_nichesports.pdf
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2021 23:04     Subject: College squash teams
Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not! Lots of kids from all socioeconomic levels play squash. In Baltimore there is a squash program geared towards lower socioeconomic kids.


Um. This is an exception that proves the rule situation.

It's a niche sport that people make their kids specialize in to get into elite colleges.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2021 20:24     Subject: College squash teams
Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not! Lots of kids from all socioeconomic levels play squash. In Baltimore there is a squash program geared towards lower socioeconomic kids.



I live in Baltimore and knew a few kids in this program. They also have a similar program for rowing. Squash is pretty big in the private schools here.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2021 19:00     Subject: College squash teams
Absolutely not! Lots of kids from all socioeconomic levels play squash. In Baltimore there is a squash program geared towards lower socioeconomic kids.
Anonymous
Post 08/21/2021 18:29     Subject: College squash teams
I was surprised to find out my DS’s college has a squash team. We’re from the Midwest, he attended private high school with rowing, and I don’t know anyone under 50 who plays squash. Is it a sport just for people at boarding schools who come from money?