<p>if you contacted a coach and later cant do the sport because of work/academic requirements...is that a big problem? or does the coach just have to deal with it?</p>
<p>I'm confused by the term "requirements". Do you mean priorities?</p>
<p>If by requirements you mean "passing grade" requirements. . .your coach would be pretty ****ed off if you "fail off the team". You need a 2.0 to compete in a Division I sport and your coach will help you do everything you can to keep that GPA above 2.0. At my college, we have mandatory study hall for all athletic teams (which helps soooooooo much) and tutors are always available if your grades start to slip.</p>
<p>If by requirements you mean priorities, the NCAA always says that your commitment is always to academics first and your sport second (hence the term student-athlete), but I think it really depends which sport. I run track and field for my college and I personally have a class during what is supposed to be our scheduled practice time, so I always should up about 30-45 minutes late and Coach is fine with that. For other more "team-oriented" sports (football, basketball, etc) I'm sure you'd just schedule classes around your practice schedule (I tried, but I couldn't work it out the way I wanted) so I doubt you'd really not be able to do the sport because of work/academic requirements.
I know this weekend my roomate had to miss our track meet at Ole Miss because of a presentation he was giving for one of his classes and Coach was understanding that academics are his first priority.</p>
<p>it also depends if you are on an athletic scholarship. If your scholarship is from the coach to compete on his team, you run the risk of losing it if you don't commit as much time to him as he expects. If you're being recruited to an Ivy, or all your aid is from the school is need-based and unaffiliated with the coach, then you should be fine.</p>