Both of my homeschooled boys are athletes and and played on travel teams as well as with a local homeschool sports program. We know at least a dozen teammates of theirs who received baseball scholarships through the years (5 of them Div 1) and we also know several others who received scholarships in soccer, swimming, bass fishing, tennis and football.
If you are good, scouts will see you. My younger son started having college scouts invite him to showcases starting in 10th grade but he had no desire to play college ball.
Anyway, a lot of people think that homeschooling deprives kids of experiences such as sports, homecoming, dances, prom, etc., my boys did all of that. They were accepted into every college for which they applied as well - there were no issues there, especially with my younger son. By the time he started college shopping, colleges were very accepting of homeschoolers - I think they realized they were a good fit because they already are independent learners.
They don’t feel like they missed anything.
The same for my boys. Homeschool groups are very well-organized. I agree with you 100%.
In my post, I was commenting on how school parents see homeschooling. I don't want anyone to think I share their opinion...
Many school parents send their children to school because they think their kids will miss out on something if they homeschool. But, as you pointed out, opportunities abound outside the school system. I know that my own kids had more opportunities through homeschooling than they ever would have had in school.
But, school parents who want their kids to play in school sports might not be so open to homeschooling. Around here, the homeschool groups had sports teams until about 10 years ago. So, about five years ago, some parents started saying their kids wanted to go to school, just to play football. If only the teams were not connected to schools, but in leagues that any kid could play in.