Why are high school and college sports SUCH a big deal in the States?

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I know that the answer is ‘scholarships’ for college, but like, why? I’m in the UK and even schools that have a big reputation for sport are nowhere near as intense as the states. Reading parenting subs atm talking about signing up 5 year olds for specific sports so that they’ll have a shot of making the team in high school. That just feels insane to me.

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Money, mostly.

But it also very much depends on the state said sport/child is in.

A football team in… Idaho isn’t going to be nearly as competitive as a big school in Texas

It’s partially lottery ticket, partially hoping they can get “free” education at the next level because of early investment.

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