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@EliasPearl6 @GatorKenny Yes siiiiirrrrr!!!! Welcome to the Gator Nation!!! 🐊

[Elias Pearl 4⭐️|ATH| @EliasPearl6]

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[MAGA Voice @MAGAVoice]

Keir Starmer does NOT want the World to see how badly British Patriots want their country back

Would be a shame if it went viral on 𝕏

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@heygurisingh Send

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@X_FINALBOSS Blueprint

[(Jay-Vee-airr) Javier Jones @javierjones_]

OVERLY COMMITTED!!!💙🧡
MY RECRUITMENT IS 1000% CLOSED!!!

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@javierjones_ @Gatorfan187 Yes siiirrrrr!!! Welcome to the Gator Nation!!! 🐊

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@HawkEmDownChris Percy Harvin!!!!

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@EliasPearl6 @Florida_Zone Slide to the ‘ville!!! 🐊

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@DillardKailib Yes siiiirrrr!!!! That’s what I’m talking about!!! Welcome to the Gator Nation!!! 🐊

[The Real Chucky Gator 🐊 @ChuckyGator22]

You look good in Orange and blue @LaytonvonBrandt! Come join the walls of Gainesville with your brothers! 🐊🧡💙

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@ImCollegeSoccer I totally disagree, some kids just want a new scenery (new coach, teammates, etc) and a chance to get on the field. Going down a level gives them that opportunity!

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@JamesWSchmidt Yes siiiirrrrr!!! He’s going to be a beast for y’all, if he can stay healthy. He’s a freakish athlete!

[Rob @rwgator1]

Well, my kids were blessed to grow up in the rec and travel sports world (soccer, baseball, etc), and I’m sure I’ve spent plenty of $$$ and time throughout the years. In our household, the goal or drive was never to earn a sports scholarship or go D1, it was all for the happiness, memories, the joy experienced playing a game/sport, competing with and against high-level talent, lifelong friendships and bonds made along the way, the camaraderie of being teammates, learning to compete, learning work-ethic, being passionate, learning how to fail, learning how to win with grace and good sportsmanship, learning how to love and care about teammates and respect their opponents, how to get up after getting knocked down, becoming a good teammate/friend, learning responsibility and discipline and just enjoy playing a sport you love for as long as possibly can. All traits that will help navigate life and make them successful the rest of their adult lives.

Keeping that in mind, since there was no pressure on my kids to keep playing sports (they knew they could quit at anytime) or to earn a scholarship, they never got burnt out, hence they’re both still playing their sport. One is playing football in college and the other is committed to play soccer in college.

I’m sure my portfolio would look a lot different without travel ball, but I wouldn’t change it for all the money in the world. I didn’t live vicariously through my kids, but there’s nothing more pure and joyful, than watching your children thriving, having fun, smiling and being genuinely happy, living their best life on and off their field of play. I have so many beautiful and of course some painful memories and experiences watching them play sports throughout the past 15 years, just as any parent has had watching their own kids on stage for drama, playing an instrument, getting inducted into the NHS, showing off their artwork they made of just watching them laugh and play with their friends at a playground.

It makes me happy to see my kids happy! Playing sports makes them happy, hence I support their passions. I think many more parents (travel sports, ballet, dancer, cheerleading parents, STEM/robotic contestants, etc. ) feel similar to me than the few psycho travel sports parents that think kid is Barry Bonds.

[The Real Chucky Gator 🐊 @ChuckyGator22]

Get us this kid! 🐊🐊🐊 @CoachMPeterson

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@speedyyeraa @Hightop_Dave Yes siiiiirrrrrr!!!!! That’s what I’m talking about!!! Welcome to the Gator Nation!!! 🐊

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