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Jon King

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10. We haved lived junior tennis for 10 years now...
Mon Feb 22, 2021, 08:00 PM
Feb 2021

We have a daughter who is a top junior tennis player. The Hannity kids are solid players, they had all the best coaching and equipment for sure....but they are legitimate players.

His son will not play at all at Wake Forest. He was invited to walk on, he will be a practice partner and not see any actual match play. The number of talented boys is massive around the world. 5 star and blue chip recruits actually play matches at Wake Forest. But a 4 star is a very solid player. The vast majority of college tennis men who actually play are from outside the US.

What burns me though is we know college basketball and football players from poor families who have been suspended for excepting minor gifts such as a free tattoo. Its a corrupt system. A rich kid's daddy can use their private plane to fly the team....but god forbid John Smith from the city dare take a $30 gift from a local business.

Thats the real thing this story brings out, not Hannity tennis ability....but the way the rich game the NCAA system while the poor better not make any mistakes.

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