<p>I’m pretty much with fogfog on this. My kids were fortunate to be able to use their athletics to help gain admission to T10 colleges, but they were both fully qualified to be accepted to those schools without their athletics. Their sports allowed them the luxury of choosing and knowing early. No athletic scholarships. </p>
<p>Sure, we invested a lot of money in coaching, equipment, and travel for no direct financial benefit. Was it worth it? ABSOLUTELY.</p>
<p>But as it does fogfog, it bothers me when I see student/athletes who are academically clearly out of range for the school they attend.</p>
<p>It undermines the concept of “student/athlete”, and it gives real student/athletes a bad name.</p>