Why doesn’t the government fund youth sports when they do fund high school sports?

[Anonymous]

You can’t just pick up a sport in high school usually. You need to play from a young age, but there the schools don’t really fund this pipeline. It’s just weird that schools do fund sports at the high school level when you can’t start in high school [img]

[Anonymous]

In many places middle schools and even elementary schools have team sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In many places middle schools and even elementary schools have team sports.

I grew up in California, and only high schools had sports teams.

[Anonymous]

At least around here many/most places have rec leagues, which are cheap. Ours has a box to check if you need financial assistance so cost isn’t a barrier to play. That seems reasonable enough to me.

[Anonymous]

What do you mean by "government "? Our cities and counties do fund youth sports through rec leagues, camps, etc.

[Anonymous]

Why on earth would we subsidize youth sports?!? How about medications, mental health services, teacher’s salaries, better public transportation, food security, and the list goes on.
Get a grip, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why on earth would we subsidize youth sports?!? How about medications, mental health services, teacher’s salaries, better public transportation, food security, and the list goes on.
Get a grip, OP.

Then high schools should stop funding sports

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At least around here many/most places have rec leagues, which are cheap. Ours has a box to check if you need financial assistance so cost isn’t a barrier to play. That seems reasonable enough to me.

You will not pass tryouts in high school if rec league is your experience

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can’t just pick up a sport in high school usually. You need to play from a young age, but there the schools don’t really fund this pipeline. It’s just weird that schools do fund sports at the high school level when you can’t start in high school [img]

Every high school in this area has sports that don't cut. If you want to start in a competitive sport like basketball, you will need to have started earlier, but it's not true at all that you can't start a sport in high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least around here many/most places have rec leagues, which are cheap. Ours has a box to check if you need financial assistance so cost isn’t a barrier to play. That seems reasonable enough to me.

You will not pass tryouts in high school if rec league is your experience

This is blatantly not true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can’t just pick up a sport in high school usually. You need to play from a young age, but there the schools don’t really fund this pipeline. It’s just weird that schools do fund sports at the high school level when you can’t start in high school [img]

Every high school in this area has sports that don't cut. If you want to start in a competitive sport like basketball, you will need to have started earlier, but it's not true at all that you can't start a sport in high school.

+100

And depending on the school you might even make it if you have very little (or even no) experience with the sport.

[Anonymous]

My God, it's the youth sports troll again. They're OBSESSED.

You are not entitled to a sports team, OP. For exercise, you can go out and run around your neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least around here many/most places have rec leagues, which are cheap. Ours has a box to check if you need financial assistance so cost isn’t a barrier to play. That seems reasonable enough to me.

You will not pass tryouts in high school if rec league is your experience

Oh well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why on earth would we subsidize youth sports?!? How about medications, mental health services, teacher’s salaries, better public transportation, food security, and the list goes on.
Get a grip, OP.

Then high schools should stop funding sports

I agree, but this is the world we live in. I don't want anything more to go to sports. The rest has to go to health, food aid, safety, etc. Life-sustaining things for the community. I couldn't care less about sports teams. They're not essential.

[Anonymous]

The counties do.