Depends what group plays those sports in HS

Depends what group plays those sports in HS
by Dude87 (2016-10-04 09:08:37)

In reply to: And one substantial disadvantage posted by Nigeltufnel

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I would proffer that kids that play HS lax, volleyball, soccer come from higher socioeconomic classes than other sports. In my experience, families with kids in these sports look for sports participation to get their kids into better schools than they would have otherwise. They are willing to pay most or all of the tuition. Foe example, I have a friend whose daughter was recruited as a non-scholarship field hockey player to a top 25 school. She received admission into that school because of field hockey. She would have struggled to get in as a non-athlete.

Agree, although as I mention below, I suspect soccer

participation is increasing across all socioeconomic groups, particularly for boys.

But rich kids are doing it to go to college.

Other kids are doing it as much as a cultural activity or to go pro in one of the growing academy systems (which is a good thing for soccer in the US), not to earn 1/10th of book money or whatever.