Prep schools hit a homerun in athletics

sgopal2
Tue, 07 May 2019 00:09:11 +0000

Only well-to-do schools have the resources to support strong athletics programs, especially for niche sports like squash and rowing…

Squash is a niche sport. But going to a fancy private school doesn’t really help much. Reason is that in order to keep a high ranking, students need to play in tournaments. Many of the top squash players avoid playing on their high school teams because the level of competition is lower than what is found at the top tournaments.

The writer takes a simplistic view that private school = better sports. This is not necessarily the case. In many many sports, the level of competition outside of the private schools is much higher (soccer, football, etc).