My parents not letting me run in college

They can't really "not let you" run in college. They can choose not to pay for your education if you go to the school they don't like, however.

So you just have to decide if you'd rather run at the NAIA school on your own dime, or go to a different school with whatever assistance your parents are offering.

Go to a D1 school with a NIRCA club team and run that

There are plenty of D2 and D3 schools out there that will let you walk on. Don't just limit yourself to that school and the D1 powerhouses.

Hardloper wrote:

Go to a D1 school with a NIRCA club team and run that

+1000000

I imagine that $15K would cover only a small percentage of overall costs? There are a lot other options that still include running and competing. I was a middling runner in high school, but really enjoyed it, and wanted to compete in college. So I got a full academic scholarship to a highly ranked private college with a successful Division 3 cross-country and track distance program. Great coach and awesome group of guys. No regrets at all. Scholarship covered tuition, and summer jobs (and help from my parents) covered room/board, books/supplies.

Take it form me

Parents just don't understand.

You have many options wrote:

There are plenty of D2 and D3 schools out there that will let you walk on. Don't just limit yourself to that school and the D1 powerhouses.

He's unlikely to find a school that's 1) in his price range, 2) will take an 18:30 5k guy and 3) is a good academic fit.

I'm confused. They don't want to pay for school. Ok I get that. But another school with no scholarship will cost more. So, the question is do they want you to attend a more prestigious school and not run? Or do they just want you to attend a community college? That's not exactly a bad idea in your case. You'd be able to get your 5k time lower and transfer to a better school.

sbeefyk2 wrote:

Ok I get that. But another school with no scholarship will cost more.

No it won't.

Or you can go to community college and rebuild yourself. It’s a lot cheaper.

Sounds like you got a fake scholarship to a $50k per year college. Your parents aren't suckers. There's no way your times are good enough to merit a $15k/year scholarship, unless it's some crazy expensive school and they're using the "scholarship" to suck you into paying 30-35k a year.

I'll give you a $100,000 per year athletic scholarship to XFGHDFGH University. You only need to come up with $900,000 for your freshman year. Not even Grant Holloway got a scholarship as big as the one I'm offering you right now.

Congratulations, kid, you're one of a kind.

Hardloper wrote:

Go to a D1 school with a NIRCA club team and run that

There are no D1 schools in Texas that have a NIRCA club and hell no, college would still be expensive because I'm trash academically and have no athletic scholarship to that D1 school.

xfghdfghdfghfghdfghfgh wrote:

Sounds like you got a fake scholarship to a $50k per year college. Your parents aren't suckers. There's no way your times are good enough to merit a $15k/year scholarship, unless it's some crazy expensive school and they're using the "scholarship" to suck you into paying 30-35k a year.

I'll give you a $100,000 per year athletic scholarship to XFGHDFGH University. You only need to come up with $900,000 for your freshman year. Not even Grant Holloway got a scholarship as big as the one I'm offering you right now.

Congratulations, kid, you're one of a kind.

How is it fake? It's NAIA and do you even know what times they run? Lmao

hoodarunner1 wrote:

xfghdfghdfghfghdfghfgh wrote:

Sounds like you got a fake scholarship to a $50k per year college. Your parents aren't suckers. There's no way your times are good enough to merit a $15k/year scholarship, unless it's some crazy expensive school and they're using the "scholarship" to suck you into paying 30-35k a year.

I'll give you a $100,000 per year athletic scholarship to XFGHDFGH University. You only need to come up with $900,000 for your freshman year. Not even Grant Holloway got a scholarship as big as the one I'm offering you right now.

Congratulations, kid, you're one of a kind.

How is it fake? It's NAIA and do you even know what times they run? Lmao

This is supposed to be a humble brag. Too bad you’re poor.

hoodarunner1 wrote:

xfghdfghdfghfghdfghfgh wrote:

Sounds like you got a fake scholarship to a $50k per year college. Your parents aren't suckers. There's no way your times are good enough to merit a $15k/year scholarship, unless it's some crazy expensive school and they're using the "scholarship" to suck you into paying 30-35k a year.

I'll give you a $100,000 per year athletic scholarship to XFGHDFGH University. You only need to come up with $900,000 for your freshman year. Not even Grant Holloway got a scholarship as big as the one I'm offering you right now.

Congratulations, kid, you're one of a kind.

How is it fake? It's NAIA and do you even know what times they run? Lmao

You said that you're trash academically. What the hel1 do you think your 18:30 5k pr is?

If you're trash academically, and you're trash athletically, your parents would be smart not to invest in your college education at all.

At least your academics can be improved through hard work. Actually, maybe not.

Do yourself a favor and don't go deep into debt to pretend you're some athlete. You can pretend you're an athlete while putting together a consistent 2 years of academics at a community college, which I doubt you will even end up doing.

You'll go deep into debt, and then you'll be making 10-12 bucks an hour with $400/month student loan payments for the rest of your life. No vacations, no marriage prospects, no home ownership, just a life spending every extra dollar paying the interest on your student loans from your fake athlete days in college.

hoodarunner1 wrote:

Hardloper wrote:

Go to a D1 school with a NIRCA club team and run that

There are no D1 schools in Texas that have a NIRCA club and hell no, college would still be expensive because I'm trash academically and have no athletic scholarship to that D1 school.

That's simply not true, and if college is too expensive and you're trash academically then don't go at all.

hoodarunner1 wrote:

xfghdfghdfghfghdfghfgh wrote:

Sounds like you got a fake scholarship to a $50k per year college. Your parents aren't suckers. There's no way your times are good enough to merit a $15k/year scholarship, unless it's some crazy expensive school and they're using the "scholarship" to suck you into paying 30-35k a year.

I'll give you a $100,000 per year athletic scholarship to XFGHDFGH University. You only need to come up with $900,000 for your freshman year. Not even Grant Holloway got a scholarship as big as the one I'm offering you right now.

Congratulations, kid, you're one of a kind.

How is it fake? It's NAIA and do you even know what times they run? Lmao

I agree with that guy. There's no way an 18:30 guy gets any kind of athletic scholarship unless it's a scam.

The Fresh Prince wrote:

Take it form me

Parents just don't understand.

Parents don't understand what - why you should go hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt to be a JV runner?

.Pure Hate Pupil. wrote:

You seriously should not alter your career or future for running NAIA. Do not go into unforeseen debt because you want to run. Do you know how many elite marathoners sacrifice building muscle mass and looking attractive at the bar? People are judgmental and superficial - I mean millennials. Don't incur further expenses because you want to run somewhere where a school gave you a scholarship. Look at the hidden opportunity costs!

https://youtu.be/_UzdN1Hyc5w?t=89

Thanks man. I thought about throwing this clip up there myself.