re: How parents are ruining youth sports

He's good, but he's got nothing on Braedyn... and holy shite, that Braxxton kid could play D1 right now

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Well, one of us has experience with a girl that made it to the D1 level, the other has a feeling. I think I'll trust me on this one.

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Im not saying your wrong


Im saying I think your FIL got fleeced

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I'd say the vast majority of parents justify this obsessive behavior by claiming that a collegiate scholarship is an ultimate goal.

I'm spending 20 grand on my kid's (childhood) sports career so we can have an outside shot at getting a partial athletic scholarship. Wish me luck

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And baseball is a double lose lose proposition. If you're a top pitcher you can get a full scholarship somewhere, but that's it. Most other players get a 1/4 scholarship or something like that.

But yeah traveling ball is expensive. My niece is a very good little basketball player, her mom pays $50 a month year round just for the privilege of being on a traveling team (a good traveling team, but still )then there is the expense of actually traveling and watching her play,, she's always on the road to Kansas or Oklahoma, or last year they went to Dallas for a week long tournament.

Plus of course the expense of camps and such. If you're going into that thinking it's an investment towards a college scholarship you're probably gonna be disappointed.

I try to tell parents that when they are pushing 12 year old Johnny to play short stop on the traveling team. Lady come on, he's just out here having fun. Sheesh

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He's not dumb with his money,

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He spent 100k on youth softball



Im just messing with you


THat number is just astounding to me

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He spent 100k on youth softball

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Well, he makes a lot more than that every year, so it's not really that big a deal to him.

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THat number is just astounding to me

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Like I said, it adds up quick. A few months ago, they had tournaments in CO and Orlando over a few week stretch. Each one was a week long minimum. That's basically a couple grand each just on that.

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He's not dumb with his money, so that's highly unlikely.

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$100,000 on youth sports is dumb in pretty much every instance.

To each their own though.

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$100,000 on youth sports is dumb in pretty much every instance.

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Not really. He can legit afford it and enjoys seeing his daughters happy. Scruffy should know better than to make blanket statements like that.

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Like I said, it adds up quick. A few months ago, they had tournaments in CO and Orlando over a few week stretch. Each one was a week long minimum. That's basically a couple grand each just on that.

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I hear you


But I dont think you HAVE to make all those trips to be a high recruit


My wives cousin in law plays for Northwestern State


She played high school ball and on one team that traveled the state for part of the year

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Everything I posted is correct

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There's no need to consider if anything you've said is true because it's irrelevant given that those children would be in the minority. The majority of children would still be affected by the opportunity cost of the their spending endless amounts of time, with the accompanying financial implications, on a pursuit with little ultimate benefit.

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