<p>Here’s a link to a NYT article about college athletics. A few years ago, the Times did a series about the whole recruiting process. The kids from that year’s recruiting class graduated this past weekend.</p>
<p>It is interesting to see how many kids don’t see much playing time or even how many kids just stop.</p>
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The college admitted about 65 recruited athletes, or about 15 percent of the 2006 incoming class. Most of them graduated from Haverford last weekend. </p>
<p>Team success is one way to evaluate the value of the recruiting process, and almost universally, Haverford athletics prospered with nine sports winning 23 conference championships in the past four years. It is perhaps just as revealing, and pertinent, to note that about 25 percent of the recruited athletes had limited playing time, or had careers cut short by injuries or chose to pursue other interests.
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<p>[Unexpected</a> Turns on Recruits? Path to Graduation - NYTimes.com ](<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/sports/23haverford.html?pagewanted=1&hpw]Unexpected ”>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/sports/23haverford.html?pagewanted=1&hpw )</p>
<p>Very interesting! I remember reading the original series, gonna look it up and read it again.</p>
<p>An interesting short item, and I wonder what the point was…