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re: June and July are the official months of Travel Ball
Posted on 6/10/19 at 2:13 pm to slinger1317
Posted on 6/10/19 at 2:13 pm to slinger1317
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Nothing worse than opening my news feed every Monday and seeing a bunch of 8 year olds with colored "eye black" and oversized plastic rings from some made up "championship" that weekend. And the flat-bill wearing coaches laughing all the way to the bank. Truly cringeworthy.
Hey all of my Braxtyns and Jaylyns are going to play for the Yankees one day. You watch your whore mouth!
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Posted on 6/10/19 at 2:14 pm to btnetigers
My son plays tournament ball and enjoys it. The Mrs. and I enjoy watching him do something he enjoys with kids his age. After next week season is over and it is hunting season where I probably throw away more money doing it than baseball. So I get to enjoy year round activities with my son. Couldn't ask for anything better.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 2:16 pm to slinger1317
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And the flat-bill wearing coaches laughing all the way to the bank.
This weekend was my daughters' dance recital. Which also means it was my annual opportunity to try to figure out how just how much these "owners" of the studio are clearing in net profit.
I'd say 200 kids go to the studio, paying an average of $500 a year in tuition. I know they make a commission on the costumes, dancewear, and pictures. Kids sell ads and picture space in the book. All kids pay an additional $125 to cover the costs of the revue. Studio recently bought their own building, so they have a mortgage and operating costs, and they pay the other teachers.
But it seems like they probably clear $50K a year in profit.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 2:29 pm to LSUDAN1
quote:Talk about a waste. Paying all that money to murder innocent animals. SMH.
it is hunting season where I probably throw away more money doing it than baseball.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 2:34 pm to LSUFanHouston
My kid plays tournament ball and I’m one of the coaches. Another friend of mine that coached with me since t-ball got tired of all the BS that went on at our local league and started a team. We are done for the summer already. Keep prices to a minimum, just brought to cover expenses and play about 7 tournaments. Finish at first of summer so we can have off for fishing and vacation time. We got a decent little team, but we by no means think any of our kids are doing it for a scholarship. Lol. Just good group of kids and parents that have been having fun together for about 5 years off and on
Posted on 6/10/19 at 2:39 pm to Run up middle
My son plays regionals in BR in two weeks, then we’re done. Done, done. He’s retiring from tournament ball at the ripe old age of 13.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 2:40 pm to btnetigers
I’d appreciate if you took me and Jaxion’s picture down
Posted on 6/10/19 at 2:43 pm to CaptainPanic
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Talk about a waste. Paying all that money to murder innocent animals. SMH.
Between me and my two sons we got 4 deer last year sitting in our freezer. But watching both my sons kill their 1st deer was exciting. Both still talk about it and ready for this year. Great times.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 2:46 pm to Run up middle
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y kid plays tournament ball and I’m one of the coaches. Another friend of mine that coached with me since t-ball got tired of all the BS that went on at our local league and started a team. We are done for the summer already. Keep prices to a minimum, just brought to cover expenses and play about 7 tournaments. Finish at first of summer so we can have off for fishing and vacation time. We got a decent little team, but we by no means think any of our kids are doing it for a scholarship. Lol. Just good group of kids and parents that have been having fun together for about 5 years off and on
Used to be that tournament ball was only for all-stars. Now, so many people are running away from local leagues. It's kinda like white flight. Everytime coaches like you leave the local leagues, it just makes the local leagues even worse.
I'm not really blaming you... just making an observation.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 2:56 pm to btnetigers
sorry your kid got cut
doesn't mean you need to take it out on the better kids
doesn't mean you need to take it out on the better kids
Posted on 6/10/19 at 2:57 pm to btnetigers
Are those... rings??
Posted on 6/10/19 at 2:59 pm to LSUFanHouston
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I'm not really blaming you... just making an observation.
I agree with you. We talked about it for 2 years before we finally did it, because we enjoyed playing local and most of the people there. Hell we were both board members, but when enough of a clique builds up that isn’t doing it for the kids and just doing it for the glory and pats on the back, it makes it hard to hang around.
Posted on 6/10/19 at 4:53 pm to btnetigers
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$3K per year to make sure that Hayden and Cooper get that D1 scholarship - meanwhile mom and dad don't have anymore retirement funds.
I'm with you on the making fun of travel ball parents, but if 3K/year requires you to dip into your retirement then you're too poor for my support.
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