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Jul 19, 2021
1:11:04pm

shimmy Shane Belieber

we're talking about apples and oranges and you come in from the top rope talking about broccoli

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shimmy

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POLL: If you had the opportunity to go to a less prestigious school (SUU, Dixie, etc) on a sports scholarship or go to a better school (BYU or similar) without a scholarship, which would you choose?

Odysseus

7/19/21 1:05pm

Based on the experience of family members that were/are scholarship athletes, I

Dread Pirate Westley

7/19/21 1:08pm

This scenario is athletic scholarship or no scholarship at all.

BYUtka

7/19/21 1:10pm

No scholarship + a part-time job.

Dread Pirate Westley

7/19/21 1:12pm

we're talking about apples and oranges and you come in from the top rope talking about broccoli

shimmy

7/19/21 1:11pm

I rejected the premise that there would be no possible scholarship. There are

Dread Pirate Westley

7/19/21 1:19pm

Basically my life. I went SUU 2 years pre mission, finished at BYU.

Iron Coug

7/19/21 1:09pm

BYU on a sports scholarship after SUU?

Kilgruman

7/19/21 1:24pm

Scholie at SUU. Went to BYU post mission without sports.

Iron Coug

7/19/21 1:56pm

I went to BYU, idk if it was worth it. Let me play ball instead

Hotlanta

7/19/21 1:10pm

No both option? I started off at Dixie on Scholarship (when it was a JC - i.e.

Cougero

7/19/21 1:13pm

Loved my time at BYU, but if I loved to play I'd go somewhere else. Some Jucos like some on Last Chance U would

shimmy

7/19/21 1:14pm

Which would I rather have on my resume?

Bergloewe

7/19/21 1:14pm

College athletics is a full time job; it doesn't allow you to enjoy school.

Archaea

7/19/21 1:18pm

Enjoy... School...? School sucks, regardless of where you are

Hotlanta

7/19/21 1:20pm

I enjoyed school, and only the need to make a living caused me to leave it.

Archaea

7/19/21 1:44pm

Agreed. School was great

7/19/21 6:11pm

I went to HS with multiple big-time wrestlers

HiLife

7/19/21 1:52pm

My son went one year, ran cross and got injured; he decided being a track

Archaea

7/19/21 4:13pm

I chose to go to a smaller school and play football and then changed

kimdaddy35

7/19/21 1:20pm

Definitely sports scholarship. I graduated from SUU anyway.

7/19/21 1:21pm

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Joe Banks

7/19/21 1:23pm

I was accepted to BYU & Ricks but went to Ricks first due to scholarships. I was also very poor & relied

Soupie

7/19/21 1:29pm

I turned down scholarships to SUU/Dixie level schools to preferred walk-on D1

cougfanz

7/19/21 1:40pm

Had this exact thing when I was 18. Chose athletics/basketball scholarship.

Graystation

7/19/21 1:49pm

Follow the money

TheLost

7/19/21 1:52pm

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