(11-07-2018 12:46 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  How does it "leave everyone else behind?" Public leagues are still widely available.

It's only bad if you think the *point* of sports is to earn a college scholarship. But I tend to think that the point of sports is to teach teamwork, discipline, self-confidence, and a desire to win.

For most who didn't have the talent to play college sports or even compete at a fairly high level in HS, the lessons of sports are important.

Those "tweeners" who occupy the space between the majority of us and the elite probably do see sports as a means to a scholarship. Nothing wrong with that, especially when college will set you back $20k or more per year. People have done worse to get ahead.