Originally Posted by
TED74
…cus it’s not for the kids who play them. The industry is set up for the for-profit club dues, facilities fees, jerseys, refreshments, etc. Anyone who thinks travel sports is designed to help the athlete is standing a little too close.
Travel sports is a bane. Always going somewhere, paying lots of $$ on that travel, kids never get a break, most end up with more injuries because of it or burnt out on it completely. You know, the opposite of the fact that sports are supposed to be fun.