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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t see how it’s a scam. At least in our local travel softball group, no one is making any money and everyone is a volunteer. All the money we pay goes directly towards expenses. Playing travel vs rec is the only way to weed out brand new or non-serious players, especially once you hit 11/12 or so. Also “travel” is a misnomer. We don’t travel - plenty of local tournaments and double-headers so we don’t need to.

So how is it a scam? We’d be happy playing in a select house/all-star league against other similar teams but those don’t exist in our area. [/quote]

Most travel sports have some kind of governing body that employs a lot of adults.  Who runs tryouts, secures fields, sets up teams administratively, hires coaches, etc.  If your entire league is run by volunteers I assume you pay nothing to participate?

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Not necessarily. It depends on the sport. My son played for an entirely volunteer-run travel baseball league. Coaches aren’t paid, board is not paid. Dues all go toward insurance, paying umpires, uniforms, tournament fees. Now he plays for a “for-profit”, but it is not significantly more expensive. The coaches earn a stipend, but they are mostly dads of players and the stipend does little more than offset their own costs. The higher price tag is really because their teams have access to their own indoor practice facility.

There is still a scam, but it’s mostly at the level of these destination tournaments and training programs/instructors who charge $$$ for lessons.[/quote]

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