pathnottaken
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This thread really points out how many assumptions we all make when we hear D1 athletes. Are we talking about the money making D1 sports (fooball) or the high level of competition D1 sports (fencing etc.)
Christcorp makes very goods points on the type of high school studnets that make good cadets. The one question I have is do you need to be an olympic quality athelete or can you just be highly competitive D3 level athelete. Some of us played 5 sports (yes 5 all four years) in high school maintain a 4.0 , eagle scout, etc. and knew we would never make it on D1 team due to our competition (small rural setting) and genetics. would we be a good cadet? (Most acamedies have club sports for them)
The D1 money sport (football) or as I call big time programs NFL minor leagues I find is where the issue lies. Th SA can't recruit players who want to go pro period...Something about a 6 year commit turns them off (please don't bring up Roger). So trying to be competitive is not something the SA can do but they are trying and it is hurting (my opinion) the rep. of the school because they are having different rules to keep enough high caliber atheletes. Fortunitily this will not be an issue in a very few years when the minor league colleges (SEC, ACC, Big 10 ) break from the NCAA and form a new level of football. I believe the SA will realize that that don't belong with them and compete at the lower level. This alone will fix most of the perception problems the SA are having with D1 sports. But I don't know about the money issue.
Union College showed that one can compete at D1 level (hockey) without giving scholarships, so I am sure that the SA can compete in D1 sports and maintain quality of the students if they don't try to compete against minor league teams.
Christcorp makes very goods points on the type of high school studnets that make good cadets. The one question I have is do you need to be an olympic quality athelete or can you just be highly competitive D3 level athelete. Some of us played 5 sports (yes 5 all four years) in high school maintain a 4.0 , eagle scout, etc. and knew we would never make it on D1 team due to our competition (small rural setting) and genetics. would we be a good cadet? (Most acamedies have club sports for them)
The D1 money sport (football) or as I call big time programs NFL minor leagues I find is where the issue lies. Th SA can't recruit players who want to go pro period...Something about a 6 year commit turns them off (please don't bring up Roger). So trying to be competitive is not something the SA can do but they are trying and it is hurting (my opinion) the rep. of the school because they are having different rules to keep enough high caliber atheletes. Fortunitily this will not be an issue in a very few years when the minor league colleges (SEC, ACC, Big 10 ) break from the NCAA and form a new level of football. I believe the SA will realize that that don't belong with them and compete at the lower level. This alone will fix most of the perception problems the SA are having with D1 sports. But I don't know about the money issue.
Union College showed that one can compete at D1 level (hockey) without giving scholarships, so I am sure that the SA can compete in D1 sports and maintain quality of the students if they don't try to compete against minor league teams.
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