<p>You just described how every college in America deals with athletes. I’d be willing to bet, though, that it’s far worse at a school that is heavily based on athletics. Haverford doesn’t even have a football team! However, they do need to recruit athletes just like everyone else, or they stand to lose every game they play in every sport. </p>
<p>But that doesn’t mean that they have an “athlete culture”, and they do allow for walk-ons. In fact, one of the varsity coaches told us that although he doesn’t really like to take kids with no experience because his team is then weaker, he has to do it because it’s Haverford, and that’s the nature of the school. Everyone is considered equal and needs to be given an opportunity.</p>