I think you went too far here....the reason most kids quit in college is they don't want to 'live the game.' It does NOT beat toilets if what you REALLY want to do in college is something else (have friends outside the team, join a sorority and go out on the weekends, pursue a field of study that conflicts with afternoon practice)....I think highlighting the 'live the game' comment wasn't off-base at all, but rather the truth about the level of commitment at D1 and how it takes over kids lives between play, practice, work-out and travel. IMO.That is the kind of drivel that drives me crazy.
What the college coaches mean: "We want pitchers who throw 70MPH and batters who can hit the ball 400 feet. We want players who will take 12 hours a semester of the easiest classes we can find so that they can practice/train 10 hours a day."
People get starry eyed about college sports. There is no gold at the end of the softball rainbow. The only people making money in softball are a handful of college coaches...and, ironically, half of those are men.
That being said, if a kid enjoys the game and has some talent, for softball, why not play in college? It beats cleaning toilets.