<p>OK, I misread what you meant about being big and bulky. But I still do not think it would help for rowing. Big and Bulky rowers add weight, and weight causes the team to go slower!. Rowing is not a bench press competition; it is all about rowing with physical endurance simultaneously with the rest of your team. It is kind of like saying: “Men with huge thighs (like Football Linemen) will succeed in cross country”. I do not row on a team, but I can fairly assume rowers are not “big and bulky”. Watch a clip of Olympic rowers, do any of them look “big and bulky”? They are all fairly muscular, but none of them look like your typical football player (except for maybe your QB, Receiver, DBs). I know what you mean by “Big and Bulky”, I did not say that big and bulky means out of shape! You quoted something I did not say buddy</p>
<p>Ok next part of our argument: </p>
<p>“so do a sport that they actively recruit for. That amounts to basically crew, diving, swimming, and possibly sailing”</p>
<p>By saying that the sports they actively recruit for basically amounts to Sailing …etc., you are suggesting that football and basketball are not one of the basic sports they actively recruit for. (writing skills!) But you and I are on the same page regarding the sports they recruit for so this really does not matter in respect to our main argument.</p>
<p>About supply and demand, I agree with you. There is a demand for Football/Bball and for rowing/sailing/etc. AND there is a larger supply for fball/bball than there are for rowing/sailing. Therefore, an applicant has a better chance getting recruited for those sports than for bball/fball. I agree with you; that is a good point.</p>
<p>The point I am trying to make is that it is still a waste of time to concentrate on those sports you can more easily get recruited for (rowing, etc.) than bball/fball because it is still very difficult to do! You are better off concentrating on a few academic/ service related extra curriculars than intensily train to get recruited.</p>
<p>To put your points in perspective, it is like saying Harvard has a high demand for people who know how to cure cancer (in low supply); so, if you know how to cure cancer, they will accept you. Perfect plan; however, how the hell do you go about curing cancer? </p>
<p>I know that I over-exaggerated (the difficulty) with the cancer-curing scenerio; but, do you get my point? As long as you do, feel free to argue against it, just don’t give me a bunch of irrelevant crap about supply and demand.</p>