re: The soaring price of youth sports: $50 to try out, $3,000 to play

Of course its baseball

Maybe sign little Timmy up for a non candyass sport like football or basketball.

quote:

---

jimmy john surgery

---

Did he tear his BLT?

quote:

---

jimmy john surgery

---

I'll take the #9 Unwich with da peppers

quote:

---

That's only travel ball leagues. What is wrong with Little Dribblers and Dixie Youth Baseball, both of which are inexpensive? Very few kids on travel ball are going to play college ball. Especially basketball so paying thousands for travel ball is crazy.

I know the guy who owns 2D sports and he is making a killing.

---

little dribblers is travel basketball

there is little league around and its about 150-200 per season in SLC

as far as the OP goes....you dont have to be on teams that go to Pigeon Forge or Cooperstown dreams. Those are the two most expensive trips you can do in travel baseball. literally you know that is 10k per team to enter at ripken and its 1300 per player at cooperstown dreams. The only other one that is that expensive is ball parks of america in branson. not to mention these are all end of the year world series events...if you cant afford it, dont go. or do a team raffle or something of that extent.

nobody makes you buy the most expensive bat. you can buy a brand new Catx alloy for under $100.

as far as baton rouge goes.....

1) 95% of baton rouge area teams never leave baton rouge and never travel more than an hour except maybe once a year.

2) if you plan on making a HS team in the BR area....you better be playing travel. Its still not a 100%. but you arent going to make a catholic, a live oak, any of the AP teams by playing 10-12 rec games a year and maybe 20 practices if you are lucky. sorry the game has advanced way past that now



now if you live in a small town, you can get away with not doing travel. middle of nowhere cenla....sure. but the metro areas....yea good luck with that.


oh and dixie youth dismantled because they had all kinds of issue with embezzlement etc. pretty much not even a thing in LA any more

and there are only 4 or 5 rec leagues in the state that go past 12 now. so you have to play travel at some point. and if you only play rec up to that point...yea good luck making a travel team that isnt the lowest of the low.

Its simply because parents dont want to do it themselves. Work with your kids on basics, fundamentals, and strength and conditioning. They will excel at any sport.

Lazy parents pay. Child learns VERY LITTLE because he isn't developed, so will barely play, even when paying.

quote:

---

95% of baton rouge area teams never leave baton rouge and never travel more than an hour except maybe once a year.

---

The less ambitious Baton Rouge teams are in a good place for such. A ton of local tournaments at every level every week within a short drive.

quote:

---

Lindsey Rector

---

Rector? Damn near killed her.

Wouldve cost me over $10,000 to coach my boys Little League team. I said no thanks. Have to pay for practice field, cages, stuff like team banners and bs for the kids. Team party.

quote:

---

The less ambitious Baton Rouge teams are in a good place for such. A ton of local tournaments at every level every week within a short drive.

---

even the more ambitious ones like the pelicans teams and saints can play in the 2d select series which always has a tournament there. or at most travel to lafayette


the only team that really travels in the BR area is traction and that is only certain age groups and only 3-4 times a year


if you are in South LA, there is a tournament within 2 hour drive every single weekend that is competitive. 90% of the time within an hour.



as far as the cost of the team.....most really really good teams that do 2 fall and 10 spring tournaments plus local world series are going to spend between 7-8k on tournament fees and umpire pay. then you add in a paid non dad coach for 500 a month(if you are lucky as thats cheap AF) for lets say 8 months, thats 4k. then add in uniforms for 250 per kid. now add in ~200 a month for field rental.

it adds up quickly and you can easily see why its 1500-2k for most teams in South LA. unless its a huge org with 5 or so teams per age group....the orgs arent making a ton of money. traction was built on tournament fees.

tournament directors are the ones that make bank

stout mentioned knowing owner of 2d, i know him too and yea he does great. but it took 5-6 years to build to that, wasnt overnight. and his fees are the lowest of all the major tournament orgs.

quote:

---

stout mentioned knowing owner of 2d, i know him too and yea he does great. but it took 5-6 years to build to that, wasnt overnight. and his fees are the lowest of all the major tournament orgs.

---

I am glad 2d is now at traction over PG. Hoping they move my kids Select Series games there from Zachary where baseball goes to die.