question
How do you know a kid plays travel sports?

answer
Their parents will use the word “travel” before the name of the sport

Nobody cares. Nobody.

The farce that “we do it so they can get a scholarship” is just justification for the parents spending to boost the parents ego. If you can afford travel ball, you can afford to have invested in a 529plan so that you don’t need to wish and hope on a shooting start for a scholarship.

Is it even possible for a parent who has a kid that plays a travel sport to say “my son plays little league” vs “my son plays travel baseball” and then
feigns how “tired” they are from all the travel.