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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 4851825, member: 7511"] Back in the Dark Ages when I played ball, freshmen were ineligible to play at the varsity level. You played other freshmen teams who were all just out of HS like you. There were fewer games, less travel and fewer practices. Your freshman year was largely to get used to college, settle in academically and to get a lot stronger and fitter in preparation for competing at the varsity level as a sophomore. Freshman programs have gone the way of the dodo bird, permitting colleges and universities to cut costs by eliminating the coaching, administrative and facility costs of running a freshman & varsity program, and also dramatically eliminating the # of scholarship athletes necessary to fill out both a freshman and varsity roster. I know there’s no going back. But when I was a freshman in college many years ago, I would have been totally unprepared for the physical and emotional demands of playing varsity sports. [/QUOTE]