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"so it can lead" Care to discuss the probability of that happening? I know someone who got an NCAA (or similar) scholarship for swimming. The rest of the team

• heartbreak 13y ago
  Well nothing in this world is guaranteed. Anecdotal still, but both of my sisters turned down the gymnastics scholarships. They trained 36 hours a week from age 6-18 and then quit completely. One is now a nurse and the other is in vet school. Seems wasting their childhood on something they loved wasn't terribly detrimental after all. I think that there are "intangible" benefits to athletics (not just team sports) that you're missing here.
• jeffasinger 13y ago
  I swam in high school, out of everyone who was on my club team, which had pretty serious commitments, I think about 90% had some doors opened for them with college that wouldn't have been there otherwise. It isn't always a full ride at a D1 school (only true for 2 out of about 30), but many got into schools they wouldn't have otherwise, others received partial D1 scholarships, and many others received large "leadership" scholarships at private D3 schools. All this to say, there are some real benefits in the college process to competing at higher levels of high school athletics. Even if all the student gets is to spend a night on campus, and meet the entire team, and see the campus as a student, there's some real value to that.
• Fomite 13y ago
  I can make a pretty compelling case that one of the reasons I am where I am today is because I was a mediocre ski racer.