Is no one else concerned, that working class kids are being priced out of youth sports?

[Black Haven]

With prices ranging in 1000’s yearly in sports such as basketball, soccer, baseball, and tennis how are kids who come from a disadvantaged background able to join? It seems as if you don’t have undeniable top skills off the bat, or wealthy parents; then you can forget about those dreams of joining an elite sports program. The only sport that this doesn’t pertain to is football, which is odd because of all the equipment that comes with it. Youth programs in most countries don’t operate this way, so why do we do it?

 

[010101]

priorities..........*

 

[Black Hans]

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/rich-kids-run-basketball-now.1038399/

 

[inndaskKy]

With prices ranging in 1000’s yearly in sports such as basketball, soccer, baseball, and tennis how are kids who come from a disadvantaged background able to join? It seems as if you don’t have undeniable top skills off the bat, or wealthy parents; then you can forget about those dreams of joining an elite sports program. The only sport that this doesn’t pertain to is football, which is odd because of all the equipment that comes with it. Youth programs in most countries don’t operate this way, so why do we do it?

Is anyone concerned about the working class and inequality in society in general? Society has reached a breaking point without breaking it seems.

 

[big bun]

How many times is this thread going to be made?

 

[Remote]

It's a problem.

You can still argue that just because the coaches and scouts aren't on the road like they used to be (they seemingly just visit the top academies and schools) you don't actually need to attend one of those expensive schools or traveling teams to become a great athlete.

There's an interesting audiobook by Michael Lewis where he talks about his experience with his daughter playing softball and the cost of it all.

Most of these parents are throwing money down the drain with all these traveling teams and special coaches and big time academies. They blow through thousands...maybe over $100,000 over the 10-15 years that their kids play sports growing up. And in the end, once the realization hits that they won't go pro and make millions...they rationalize it all by just praying to goodness that their kid gets a scholarship. And by that point, you'd have been better off investing/saving the money for college from Age-5 anyway.

 

[Remote]

How many times is this thread going to be made?

I'd rather see this thread pop up than yet another "Tariq Nasheed" or "Divestor Says Dumb shyt on Twitter" or the daily "Seoul Gleow bashes Democrats because the Israeli Government Is Evil"

 

[RickyGQ]

We are. There's a whole thread on here about how many top 100 kids in basketball are just relatives of pro hoopers and how we believe that is the cause of the decline in American dominance in basketball. Basketball is turning into soccer in this country.

Edit: Someone already linked it.

 

[Mook]

Poor people are priced out of everything and no one cares. That’s why they only talk about the middle class.

 

[Dorian Breh]

curious how this thread does in the coliseum

i know the kind of that wed see in TLR

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

I supplement my 8 yr old nephew to help my sister, and it's tough when it's clear how important these sports and classes are to his social development. His Karate progress alone has given him so much structure and discipline and effort...it's a struggle for a parent to say "I don't got it" when it's such a positive influence....and that's coming from an UNCLE.

the cost of sports and the cost of childcare is WILD.

 

[Rev]

It fukking SUCKS that we have to pay fees for clubs/leagues with practices multiple times a week and potential travel…

And then on top of that we have to pay for private lessons, strength and conditioning, etc. because those elements aren’t covered in the clubs/league programs like they used to be back in the day (at least in my area).

Youth sports in America is a lot to deal with these days unfortunately.

 

[Big Boss]

If I was rich, my kids are getting the best training

 

[Heelmatic]

My son played soccer and baseball with paid lessons for baseball and the cost of that isn’t a fraction of what it cost for my 7 year old daughter to take gymnastics

 

[Goat poster]

Is anyone concerned about the working class and inequality in society in general? Society has reached a breaking point without breaking it seems.

Was gonna say this


It's just a microcosm of society in general