I want to add this NEW college tennis rule! We are proud of you
@patrick.mcenroe
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🎾 College Tennis Should Be More Than a Backup Plan
If a player is good enough to pursue professional tennis, they are often good enough to first pursue a college scholarship and the opportunities that come with it.
The proper order should be:
Education → Development → Team Competition → Professional Tennis
College tennis should be a place to grow—not simply a fallback option.
When players choose schools primarily for the highest scholarship or NIL offer, we risk losing something important: school pride, tradition, team identity, and the rivalries that make college tennis special.
And when a player returns to college after pursuing the pros, it can be difficult to recreate that same connection to the school and its traditions if college was viewed only as a backup plan.
College tennis should be about education, development, team identity, pride, and opportunity.
🎓🎾 Not simply Pla...