I’m wondering if all these sports are even worth it

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Anonymous wrote:For us, it's been worth it and we aren't going to be playing in college or anything. It's about so much more than just that.

That's what every parent says once they realize they feel for the travel sports scam and wasted 1000s of dollars...

NP. DCUM is filled with so many weirdos. This is so bizarrely aggressive.

Nothing aggressive about it.

I have three kids who went through youth sports. Every travel parent starts realizes that their 8u superstar fizzled out in middle school and now the kid and parent have an identity crisis.

NP here and I do see a point in this. In my community, being on the local travel soccer team is the “cool” thing to do/ for both the boys and their parents. It becomes their friend group- the dads all golf together, the moms all go out for drinks together, the kids spend every weekend with each other and wear their travel jerseys to school. It is a good dynamic seemingly at first but the problem is, a kid or two kids who used to be in the friend group, now aren’t as good at soccer, and don’t make the team. Now all these plans go on without that family- the mom and dad aren’t hanging out with the adult group anymore and the kid no longer sees any of. His friends on The Weeknd’s. It is like a grown up version of getting cut from the sorority that your friends rushed and now you don’t see those friends anymore. It’s one reason why I opted my kids out of travel soccer to start with. They made friends that don’t care if their interest or skill in soccer wanes.

For all the dummies on this thread who can’t read and insist that everyone contributing *obviously* has their own kids in travel sports, please read the bolded statement by the PP.

I am not this poster but I didn’t have my kids play travel soccer in elementary and then one did starting middle school. There are also other travel sports that aren’t quite as culty as soccer and just pick up steam later.

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Anonymous wrote:For us, it's been worth it and we aren't going to be playing in college or anything. It's about so much more than just that.

That's what every parent says once they realize they feel for the travel sports scam and wasted 1000s of dollars...

NP. DCUM is filled with so many weirdos. This is so bizarrely aggressive.

Nothing aggressive about it.

I have three kids who went through youth sports. Every travel parent starts realizes that their 8u superstar fizzled out in middle school and now the kid and parent have an identity crisis.

NP here and I do see a point in this. In my community, being on the local travel soccer team is the “cool” thing to do/ for both the boys and their parents. It becomes their friend group- the dads all golf together, the moms all go out for drinks together, the kids spend every weekend with each other and wear their travel jerseys to school. It is a good dynamic seemingly at first but the problem is, a kid or two kids who used to be in the friend group, now aren’t as good at soccer, and don’t make the team. Now all these plans go on without that family- the mom and dad aren’t hanging out with the adult group anymore and the kid no longer sees any of. His friends on The Weeknd’s. It is like a grown up version of getting cut from the sorority that your friends rushed and now you don’t see those friends anymore. It’s one reason why I opted my kids out of travel soccer to start with. They made friends that don’t care if their interest or skill in soccer wanes.

For all the dummies on this thread who can’t read and insist that everyone contributing *obviously* has their own kids in travel sports, please read the bolded statement by the PP.

I am not this poster but I didn’t have my kids play travel soccer in elementary and then one did starting middle school. There are also other travel sports that aren’t quite as culty as soccer and just pick up steam later.

Point being this accusation “non travel” people are commenting is kind of insane and who cares if they are.

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Anonymous wrote:For us, it's been worth it and we aren't going to be playing in college or anything. It's about so much more than just that.

That's what every parent says once they realize they feel for the travel sports scam and wasted 1000s of dollars...

NP. DCUM is filled with so many weirdos. This is so bizarrely aggressive.

Nothing aggressive about it.

I have three kids who went through youth sports. Every travel parent starts realizes that their 8u superstar fizzled out in middle school and now the kid and parent have an identity crisis.

NP here and I do see a point in this. In my community, being on the local travel soccer team is the “cool” thing to do/ for both the boys and their parents. It becomes their friend group- the dads all golf together, the moms all go out for drinks together, the kids spend every weekend with each other and wear their travel jerseys to school. It is a good dynamic seemingly at first but the problem is, a kid or two kids who used to be in the friend group, now aren’t as good at soccer, and don’t make the team. Now all these plans go on without that family- the mom and dad aren’t hanging out with the adult group anymore and the kid no longer sees any of. His friends on The Weeknd’s. It is like a grown up version of getting cut from the sorority that your friends rushed and now you don’t see those friends anymore. It’s one reason why I opted my kids out of travel soccer to start with. They made friends that don’t care if their interest or skill in soccer wanes.

For all the dummies on this thread who can’t read and insist that everyone contributing *obviously* has their own kids in travel sports, please read the bolded statement by the PP.

I am not this poster but I didn’t have my kids play travel soccer in elementary and then one did starting middle school. There are also other travel sports that aren’t quite as culty as soccer and just pick up steam later.

Point being this accusation “non travel” people are commenting is kind of insane and who cares if they are.

WTF? This person isn’t the same poster who freely admitted to not having her kids play travel soccer, i.e. completely irrelevant to the point (which is more of an observation than an accusation).

Some of you are exceptionally stupid. I can’t even wrap my brain around how you can’t connect these dots.

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Anonymous wrote:For us, it's been worth it and we aren't going to be playing in college or anything. It's about so much more than just that.

That's what every parent says once they realize they feel for the travel sports scam and wasted 1000s of dollars...

NP. DCUM is filled with so many weirdos. This is so bizarrely aggressive.

Nothing aggressive about it.

I have three kids who went through youth sports. Every travel parent starts realizes that their 8u superstar fizzled out in middle school and now the kid and parent have an identity crisis.

NP here and I do see a point in this. In my community, being on the local travel soccer team is the “cool” thing to do/ for both the boys and their parents. It becomes their friend group- the dads all golf together, the moms all go out for drinks together, the kids spend every weekend with each other and wear their travel jerseys to school. It is a good dynamic seemingly at first but the problem is, a kid or two kids who used to be in the friend group, now aren’t as good at soccer, and don’t make the team. Now all these plans go on without that family- the mom and dad aren’t hanging out with the adult group anymore and the kid no longer sees any of. His friends on The Weeknd’s. It is like a grown up version of getting cut from the sorority that your friends rushed and now you don’t see those friends anymore. It’s one reason why I opted my kids out of travel soccer to start with. They made friends that don’t care if their interest or skill in soccer wanes.

For all the dummies on this thread who can’t read and insist that everyone contributing *obviously* has their own kids in travel sports, please read the bolded statement by the PP.

I am not this poster but I didn’t have my kids play travel soccer in elementary and then one did starting middle school. There are also other travel sports that aren’t quite as culty as soccer and just pick up steam later.

And? What’s your point?