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Message: [QUOTE="36'sq., post: 5069277, member: 9931"] Very thorough explanation, thanks! Yeah, if you haven't seen it, The Atlantic had an article from a few years back about very wealthy families and their obsession with getting their kids athletic scholarships at Ivies/top tier academic schools. Two things that the author pointed out that were particularly alarming: - there are only so many of these spots and there are too many wildly wealthy parents. Basically...all the people in Fairfield County are competing for the same 12 spots on the squash team at Dartmouth, so the competition is fierce and the families go to extreme measures. Like hiring the Egyptian national squah champion to live in their "pool house" and coach Hayden. - the University of Utah men's lacrosse team was basically payrolled by some kid's dad (I think a CT kid) who wasn't recruited by any other DI teams. Dad said...here's $12M, start a team! Brayden wants to play DI! [/QUOTE]