HS Baseball and Soccer are already like that

Aug 2, 2020
2:32:51pm

TheLost Truly Addicted User

I have a neighbor who's never played HS baseball but has a college scholarship based on his club team. Making our HS soccer team depends 100% on what club team you are on. If you are on the wrong club team, you don't make the HS team.

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TheLost

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I'm actually worried that high school athletics are headed the same

jaredm

8/2/20 2:09pm

College teams may also be headed to club level. That would simplify promotion &

Hinta

8/2/20 2:15pm

Prom/Rel will never happen in any sport, at any major level in this country.

shoganai

8/2/20 2:25pm

You're saying colleges will own clubs as (formal) advertisement for the school?

LeftOfNormal

8/2/20 2:27pm

No, there would be no affiliation with colleges.

Hinta

8/2/20 2:36pm

That would be devastating for graduation and dropout rates of at-risk youth.

LeftOfNormal

8/2/20 2:24pm

What % of these kids are meaningfully using their degree now?

molodyets

8/2/20 2:30pm

I'm taking about high school.

LeftOfNormal

8/2/20 2:34pm

I agree. Who knows how many kids stay in HS for that?

Great38

8/2/20 2:38pm

Ah, yes makes sense

molodyets

8/2/20 3:02pm

Not so fast... What % of at-risk youth are athletes? In today's world, the cost

Oatmeal

8/2/20 4:38pm

The marriage of sports and academics in this country is a cultural oddity.

shoganai

8/2/20 2:24pm

HS Baseball and Soccer are already like that

TheLost

8/2/20 2:32pm

RE: HS Baseball and Soccer are already like that

aggiecoug

8/2/20 2:36pm

Plus, kids self select to certain clubs and there’s a pretty distinct

cougfanz

8/2/20 2:46pm

I don’t see how a HS team is based on what club you play for. Utah for example

Odysseus

8/2/20 3:28pm

Europe uses a club system very well. All cities have a club or two. The top

Benfica1

8/2/20 3:14pm

I lived in Italy for awhile and my 11 year old son played in that system. It did

Forzaitalia

8/2/20 4:03pm

True. What about a combo of city recreation and club?

Benfica1

8/2/20 4:38pm

That might work.

Forzaitalia

8/2/20 6:34pm

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