re: Parents who beg for money so their child can play baseball are trashy

I look at it this way. If they are doing a raffle or car wash, etc.. then that is helping them be on a team and not out running the streets. Playing organized sports can be a positive influence for kids and may keep one less thug off the street. I help them anyway I can.
Right now I'm coaching an 10U fast pitch girls team. I've always coached boys teams so this is a new challenge. We, thank God, had someone sponsor the jerseys and parents paid the rest including $60 entry per person. And I do it as volunteer type.
I don't ask or expect a dime from anyone for getting to the games or having practices between games to get better. I just look at it as helping our youth start young and hopefully not fall victim to all the crime around us.

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ear diary, get off my lawn, etc I'm not donating anything, I don't want a raffle, I'm not sponsoring them either. Pay for your kids if you decide to put them into sports. I bet a bunch on here beg others for money so your child can play tee-ball

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The ones that set up outside of Walmart are the worst.

:inb4trashywalmart

Our club soccer team wants us to sell ducks for a race, strand outside Walmart, sell business discount cards, get sponsors for t shirts...all sorts of shite. I don't even read the emails.

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29$

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God damn it

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it only costs 29$ per kid to be there the entire time

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that's about normal for there, btw, those brats are going to get their asses handed to them

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I put together a raffle to send my u9 team to Dominican republic this summer

After the flight, it only costs 29$ per kid to be there the entire time

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Hopefully you at least brought back a shortstop and a slick fielding second baseman. Got to be strong up the middle.

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those kids will be better off learning the game with rocks and sticks.

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If you want to develop a good batting eye, practice hitting pitched bottle caps with a broom handle.

Once I went to a Winn Dixie where team was bagging groceries and bringing them out to your car for tips to raise money. I thought that was pretty cool.

The kids should be asking for the money not parents.

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When I was a kid playing sports, we always either sold stuff for fund raising or we did work. One summer my team all cut grass every Saturday for 6 weeks. I think we asked for $15 per yard (was in the 70's).

This begging for donations doesn't work for me.

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So there has been some recent studies on this and most of the results show that people tend to give more to fundraising when there is no product or service in return.

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Scholarship foundations?

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That is very limited in terms of how many people it can affect. Sports can affect thousands for very little costs.