The College Rejection Process

I, for a change will not scour the web for intresting tid bits, but I am rather intrigued to write about some new developments that I am experiencing right now.
As a first semester junior I am beginning to think about the college admissions process a little more as the time nears will I will have to narrow down the establishment that I want to give ten years of savings away to. My problem is not with the absurd amounts of money that these schools are raking in, but rather just the stress which it puts on the participants and their families.
The story is that I have been playing tennis since I was about 9 and have loved it my entire life. But recently I have lost my passion for being out there on the court. I walk around the court just counting the minutes until I get off. I have however played tennis at New Trier my freshman and sophomore years and had always planned on continuing to do so as an upperclassmen. The only problem is, if you cannot connect the dots, that I now have no desire to play, I instead want to quit and play another sport.
I chose to divulge these sentiments to my parents recently and did not recieve the reaction I was hoping for. The dilemna is that they believe that the idea of committment is important to colleges, thus making my desire to quit undesirable. My parents are simply not willing to let that happen. So not only am I contending with pressure from potential colleges, but the famous parental pressure simultaneously.
Let me make it clear that the sheer thought of playing tennis everyday for 2 months straight makes me nauseous. I am forced to ponder cliches nonstop, the most common one being "Life is too short to do things you don't love".
The important thing here is that it is insane that colleges force these things on students, although not directly, and there is nothing that anyone can do about it. Especially not me. I bought new strings this weekend.