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Posted on 3/19/19 at 7:12 pm to djangochained
quote:How do you know she isn't?
At least she’s not smoking pot or poles
Posted on 3/19/19 at 7:18 pm to Skippy_
Awfully proud of that 12AAA juggernaut eh?
Posted on 3/19/19 at 7:20 pm to Pecker
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have had numerous pets (dogs) throughout my life that I was responsible for. It’s basically the same thing.
Your pit bull doesn’t count
Posted on 3/19/19 at 7:22 pm to Dr Rosenrosen
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Most people would be better served sending their kids to computer camp,
What a nerd
Posted on 3/19/19 at 7:22 pm to theantiquetiger
I get it for the competition, coaching, and likemindedness amongst the players and parents.
Recreational youth sports can be a shite show if you get hooked in with the wrong bunch, and poor coaching mixed with team politics can ruin the fun quickly. We have not done travel or club ball but we considered it strongly after a handful of bad experiences playing with a mixed bag of kids from school and their retarded parents.
Recreational youth sports can be a shite show if you get hooked in with the wrong bunch, and poor coaching mixed with team politics can ruin the fun quickly. We have not done travel or club ball but we considered it strongly after a handful of bad experiences playing with a mixed bag of kids from school and their retarded parents.
Posted on 3/19/19 at 7:24 pm to RobbBobb
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but what about those travel ballers that don't end up with a scholly? Then what?
I don't think ya'll understand exactly what travel ball has become. A kid doesn't have to be exceptionally talented to play AA baseball. Just slightly above the rec kids who stare at the sky the whole time they are on the field because their parents forced them to play. Also, there is really no need to pay a lot or travel very far.
Posted on 3/19/19 at 7:25 pm to dsides
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What a nerd
i mean all the people talking about the side benefits of travel ball can't ignore those benefits are basically in any hobby
so are you implying that there is something other than the (non-scholarship) side benefits?
Posted on 3/19/19 at 7:26 pm to theantiquetiger
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And btw, my daughter has played travel/competitive soccer the last 5 years. She is really good, but there isn’t money dropped in travel soccer like there is in baseball/softball.
Not true. Ive been all over the country with each of my kids in travel sports (Nationals in soccer; Majors/USSSA/PG in baseball) and soccer is just as expensive as baseball. One year after attending Nationals and Regionals in 2 leagues I stopped counting at $15K.
Posted on 3/19/19 at 7:29 pm to LSUnatick
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One year after attending Nationals and Regionals in 2 leagues I stopped counting at $15K.
Posted on 3/19/19 at 7:29 pm to theantiquetiger
Maybe his kid just enjoyed it, so he was willing to sacrifice his money and time for the kid to do something they enjoyed and also positively affected their life (scholarship, etc.). Insane logic, but maybe it's possible.
I'd never push my kid and travel ball has gotten absurd, but it's possible they love it and it's not hurting anything. I loved playing ball year round.
I'd never push my kid and travel ball has gotten absurd, but it's possible they love it and it's not hurting anything. I loved playing ball year round.
Posted on 3/19/19 at 7:31 pm to wally
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who stare at the sky the whole time they are on the field because their parents forced them to play.
Mine stares at the sky the whole time and he asked me to play, lol I never forced him to.
Granted it’s only his second year and now his 1st year of coach pitch. He didn’t start playing till he was 6. We won’t do travel ball but it’s b/c I just can’t get off work that much and don’t have that kind of money. If I did and my son wanted to I would, but unless he wants to work a part time job at 11, and playing travel ball, it ain’t happening.
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Posted on 3/19/19 at 7:31 pm to theantiquetiger
Seems like he could have saved all that money, stayed home and used it to help pay her college.
And he could have also stopped her from becoming a lesbian.
And he could have also stopped her from becoming a lesbian.
Posted on 3/19/19 at 7:32 pm to SlowFlowPro
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i mean all the people talking about the side benefits of travel ball can't ignore those benefits are basically in any hobby
The benefits for sports and computer camp are different. I don’t care what your kid does with their time but don’t act as is one is better than the other
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so are you implying that there is something other than the (non-scholarship) side benefits?
Of course. Hard work. Setting goals. Team work.
Posted on 3/19/19 at 7:32 pm to SlowFlowPro
My step-daughter is starting her 3rd and last year of AAU basketball. She plays on a very good Nike affiliate team. We spend around $4000 to $5000 each year. She committed to a P5 school last week, so it worked out for us. The 12 to 15k we spent wouldn’t pay for one semester of tuition, books, room & board where she is going. Plus they pay her $6000 a year in cost of attendance money. I understand mutual funds and there ain’t one out there that will give me that return.
Posted on 3/19/19 at 7:37 pm to windshieldman
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Mine stares at the sky the whole time and he asked me to play ?? I never forced him to.
Maybe not in your case, but there are plenty of kids who play rec league who are completely uninterested in the game. They are there because their parents signed them up.
Posted on 3/19/19 at 7:40 pm to dsides
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The benefits for sports and computer camp are different.
not really
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but don’t act as is one is better than the other
well my response was to somebody mocking coding
and coding is a lot more valuable except in insanely extreme scenarios (and the insanely extreme scenarios in coding > that of sports)
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Of course. Hard work. Setting goals. Team work.
those are the (non-scholarship) side benefits i literally was referencing
Posted on 3/19/19 at 7:40 pm to theantiquetiger
95% of travel ball parents are either delusional or just stupid.
Posted on 3/19/19 at 7:47 pm to TechDawg2007
Understatement - travel ball is a den of thieves especially AAU
Posted on 3/19/19 at 7:48 pm to Chad504boy
At least it’s a sport, and not “dance.”
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