<p>I don't understand the attack on the dad for just asking a question while his son is in 8th grade. If the answer was yes, your son has to do a sport, then there would be time for him to find a sport he was interested in. It would be too late in eleventh grade to find out that all his hard work in school won't count for much without a sport on his app. When "smart" isn't enough, we parents are curious what else it's going to take.</p>