And how is this any different than what has happened with high-school athletics over the same time-frame? Parents regularly now spend thousands (tens of thousa

And how is this any different than what has happened with high-school athletics over the same time-frame? Parents regularly now spend thousands (tens of thousands!) of dollars on elite athlete training for 5th-8th graders in order to make the varsity team once they hit high-school. In my state (MN) it's not unheard of to rent an apartment in a desirable (aka good athletic) school district to play for that team. My sister was an elite athlete and spent a few post college years at a specialized training academy. Multiple professional athletes trained here in the off-season. She had multiple classes of middle school children to run training sessions with. Some of these middle schoolers even paid for 1 one 1 training with her for even more money. Replace "Admission test" with "varsity tryouts" and you have basically the same system, with the same gamesmanship and money being spent.