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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are the kids having fun? Are they playing with kids of similar skill?  If so, then why do you care?

Families choose travel over rec for many reasons, including a paid/non-parent coach, other kids who want to play soccer, enough players to field teams within the age group, access to better fields.

For many of the lower level travel leagues, nobody is traveling very far.  So the games are 10 minutes further than you'd otherwise play at in Rec.  It's not like they are traveling 5 hours away.

I have a player on a "B" team at a big club and she is really enjoying her season.  Why is that not enough?  If she were playing Rec, she'd be in a U10-12 combined division where half the kids don't even want to be there.  I'll pay extra for her to have an enjoyable experience.[/quote]

THank you - this is us.  My son plays on the "B" team as a keeper.  He is okay but doesn't really practice much or have significant motivation.  Honestly, he doesn't deserve to be on the A team.  However, his natural talent is such that he would be frustrated on a rec team.  We haven't traveled more than 90 minutes.  
I think you will find the whole cross section of families on low tier travel teams from those that share our belief to those that think that their kid is the next Messi and deserves to be on the A team.[/quote]

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