re: I don’t get dripping $1000’s on kid’s travel ball in hopes of a scholarship

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.