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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThere are 3 generations of D1 athletes in my family and I can safely say that collectively we are millions of dollars ahead in the game of life. Unfortunately you are obviously way too bitter about your own lack of success to see that the playing days are just the foundation. You can start by just counting up all of the free educations but in the end the real measure is all of the doors that were opened as a result and all of the money they generated. It's a shame you missed the boat so badly, maybe that explains why you have so much time to haunt this website and post so foolishness.
Usually people as successful and talented as you are very generous towards their less fortunate peers. Are you not as secure and well adjusted as you should be, given all your advantages?
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Originally posted by UnregisteredWhy the nastiness? Is it necessary?
Usually people as successful and talented as you are very generous towards their less fortunate peers. Are you not as secure and well adjusted as you should be, given all your advantages?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThere are 3 generations of D1 athletes in my family and I can safely say that collectively we are millions of dollars ahead in the game of life. Unfortunately you are obviously way too bitter about your own lack of success to see that the playing days are just the foundation. You can start by just counting up all of the free educations but in the end the real measure is all of the doors that were opened as a result and all of the money they generated. It's a shame you missed the boat so badly, maybe that explains why you have so much time to haunt this website and post so foolishness.
Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe only time it's sad is when former players can't let go. Yes you're supposed to move on into lcareers and relationships, get a more balanced life. You made great friends and memories. Soccer can always be a part of your life (or not), however much you want. But some former athletes can't stop reliving their glory days. They're usually the ones with the miserable kids.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThere are 3 generations of D1 athletes in my family and I can safely say that collectively we are millions of dollars ahead in the game of life. Unfortunately you are obviously way too bitter about your own lack of success to see that the playing days are just the foundation. You can start by just counting up all of the free educations but in the end the real measure is all of the doors that were opened as a result and all of the money they generated. It's a shame you missed the boat so badly, maybe that explains why you have so much time to haunt this website and post so foolishness.
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Originally posted by UnregisteredNot sure what to make of Buffy or Preston here...they must be awful fun at cocktails.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe guy sounds like a jerk, who has been born with a silver spoon. He is probably assuming he can pay away in for his precious third generation D1 athlete.
On the other hand, our kids going to D1 top Ivy. It would be great to get some feedback about the pressure. I can't imagine competing in the academics, never mind the daily practice and long away games. How is this managed?
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Originally posted by UnregisteredThe guy who runs the website needs hits to make $ so plants trolling types of statements to rile people up. We need to learn to ignore that kind of propaganda from TS owners and Russians.
On the other hand, our kids going to D1 top Ivy. It would be great to get some feedback about the pressure. I can't imagine competing in the academics, never mind the daily practice and long away games. How is this managed?
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Originally posted by UnregisteredAsk someone who is doing it rather than here. That would be where I would start if you are even being serious rather than the same db who posted the proud family profile.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe guy who runs the website needs hits to make $ so plants trolling types of statements to rile people up. We need to learn to ignore that kind of propaganda from TS owners and Russians.
On the other hand, our kids going to D1 top Ivy. It would be great to get some feedback about the pressure. I can't imagine competing in the academics, never mind the daily practice and long away games. How is this managed?
http://talking-soccer.com/TS4/showthread.php?t=153994
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...o-have-it-all/
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAsk someone who is doing it rather than here. That would be where I would start if you are even being serious rather than the same db who posted the proud family profile.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostContrary to what the other poster always like to contend, being a D1 scholarship athlete is not necessarily a slow boat to hell. The point was that there are plenty of success stories out there if you actually want to look for them. Not everyone flames out like they apparently did. The real issue comes down to how mature and goal driven a kid is not whether the kid is an athlete. After all plenty of kids drink and screw their way out of college without the athletic influence. Being a scholarship athlete is really not all that different than being a work-study student except the sport is being swapped out for working in say the cafeteria. It’s a way to pay the tuition bill. The real big difference is the time and commitment level required to be successful while doing it. Now everyone who has been out in the workplace for more than a couple of years knows that the metal toughness that it takes to do something like that and still come away with a quality education is something that most employers actually want to hire so all the hand wringing over future employability is nothing but the overly fertile imagination of a helicopter parent working over time. Parents need to realize that if they actually raised a kid with talent and drive nothing is going to stop them.
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