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[quote=Anonymous]I see a lot of questions with sports like why clubs, why select, etc? 
Does anyone spend the money and focus on sports for other reasons than eventual college recruitment? My family has a horrible history of addiction. 4/4 of the grandparents were alcoholics and more than one sibling and cousin, aunt or uncle have struggled to the point of early death or rehab. That's my personal "why" for spending the money to keep my children busy through middle and high school on travel sports. They do other things too but I have found that being on teams and having a busy schedule is great for filling that time others are home with more free time and on the computer or video games or getting into alcohol and drugs.

It's also been good for social reasons and having that friend community, even if our kid isn't the star. I know you can get that from rec in some areas but our area tends to abandon rec in elementary school for most sports. Kids seem to go all in by middle and in HS most of the kids who made the teams for anything other than football did do club teams in middle. I am sure this will get a lot of negativity and pushback but as someone who has seen what idle time in HS can do (my own sibling died by an overdose right after HS), I have to do what I can to keep my own kids busy.

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