Anyone here have any experience with D3 sports?

[8893]

you might want to repost that without the link you included there...

I havent laughed so hard on the boneyard in a long, long time (maybe at BigErn's misfortune), but this was so so good. Opened it in a Starbucks, and was like...whooops!! ahahhaa Good catch Matt.

NB: to be fair, you should probably take the link out of your reply so as not to be hypocritical. JMO

Holy crap that's funny. And troubling.

 

[August_West]

Holy crap that's funny. And troubling.

you might want to repost that without the link you included there...

What the heck?

 

[8893]

What the heck?

What don't you get? Scooter's a freak.

I mean, in more ways than we thought.

 

[August_West]

What don't you get? Scooter's a freak.

I mean, in more ways than we thought.

How the heck does a Bondage link end up in a D3 post?

Man, Im dying here.

The Boneyard is the gift that never stops giving.

 

[8893]

How the heck does a Bondage link end up in a D3 post?

Man, Im dying here.

The Boneyard is the gift that never stops giving.

 

[Matt (Chicago)]

@8893 @August_West - its too bad this thread will probably be pretty low in terms of hit count... freescooter aka fetlife would have a lot of explaining to do!

 

[John]

you might want to repost that without the link you included there...

oh great, now I get to explain to IT why that website is in my internet log. Thanks.

 

[8893]

@8893 @August_West - its too bad this thread will probably be pretty low in terms of hit count... freescooter aka fetlife would have a lot of explaining to do!

It definitely deserves it's own thread imo.

 

[8893]

oh great, now I get to explain to IT why that website is in my internet log. Thanks.

Nah, if they didn't ask about all that NAMBLA stuff you're into they should be fine with this.

 

[HooperScooper]

One thing to be careful about that I saw happen. A student athlete was being recruited by a NESCAC school. The coach pre-screened the kid (GPA, test scores, etc.) and told the kid he could get him through admissions. There's no question that if a kid is being recruited for sports they can get into a higher level school than if they weren't being recruited. But the coach doesn't make the ultimate decision on who gets admitted. The coach told the kid to apply early decision and he did. And didn't get admitted. The parents were livid that they had used their one early decision shot on a school that didn't admit the kid even though the coach said he'd get them in. So keep all options open and don't burn any bridges.

The commitment level to D3 sports is way more involved than when I was in college. Today it's a year round commitment with training and extra stuff. I do know that at the highly selective academic D3 schools they all say that academics come first and most coaches do adhere to that. But it's still not easy to balance the academics and the sport. You have to have discipline and manage your time well.

 

[NJHusky]

The commitment level to D3 sports is way more involved than when I was in college. Today it's a year round commitment with training and extra stuff. I do know that at the highly selective academic D3 schools they all say that academics come first and most coaches do adhere to that. But it's still not easy to balance the academics and the sport. You have to have discipline and manage your time well.

I think this post hits it perfectly. One nephew played fb @ Hopkins...it definitely helped with admissions,...and they worked off season lifting, etc and harder during the season...but school came first-and the coaches respected that. I also think it helped with social life...he was in the baseball/fb fraternity which gave him a more balanced college experience IMO. My other nephew got a full D1 ride...that was a job where you had school work to do too

My guess is that it varies by school....and I assume the better the academics, the more leeway they give you with sports.