A post on X shared a recent study found that 20% of parents believe their child can be an NCAA Division I athlete while 10% believe their child can be either a pro athlete or an Olympian...

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Catahoula20LSU•3 hours

I think those numbers are low for Louisiana.
Judging by some of the parents that I know in baseball and softball.

tokenBoiler•6 hours

Well, remember that video games are a sport now at D-1 colleges, and breakdancing is in the Olympics.

StrikeIndicator•3 hours

My concrete finisher said lil Jose gonna sign with the Mexican Football League in 15yrs. He had me confused, and then explained the Cartel will eventually start one with all their money. I said “dafuq!”

DoubleDown•6 hours

Man, it's these travel ball clubs for ALL Sports that have these kids and parents gaslighting themselves. Meanwhile to the tune of 1-5k a year.
Had those parents just put that in savings, college or whatever could be paid for for 1 kid in a decade.

Hangit•6 hours

How many of these people have them running stadiums 3 days a week and lifting 5 days a week. Then wind sprints on weekend mornings? Not starting them at 4-5 years old is planning to fail.

lynxcat•7 hours

Source the study. I call BS

kjanchild•8 hours

If you dealt with idiotic parents today like I do, then you would definitely believe these numbers. They are so delusional it's not even funny. Even the dorks and non athletes have parents that believe their kids are all everything in any sport.

kbartj•2 hours

Half of the ones that might "make it" are so burned out by the time it happens, they don't even want to. Too much pressure, not enough time away from the sport. It's crazy out there.

back9Tiger•2 hours

Just follow any travel ball team and Timmy is the next pro star...guaranteed.

TooFyeToFly•7 hours

I used to blame Gen X parents for this type of thing, but Millennial parents are doing the exact same thing.

Shaq4prez•6 hours

Oh no, people blindly believe in their children. Lets all freak out on the internet

whodatfan•5 hours

This. Everyone here looking at the extreme side of things and hating. Yeah, of course there are those ridiculous parents that are ate up and excessive to a negative effect on the kid. But most parents are supportive and non intrusive to that effect. We wouldn't have all these professional athletes if parents didn't support and believe in their children.

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