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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, if you’re on any type of competitive team, parents will insist that this is necessary for college recruiting starting in middle school. and it’s not. But good luck pushing back on it, I’ve tried.[/quote]

I’m familiar with this trend and argument as well. I think having a parent run Instagram account featuring and promoting your kid is different than a team posting on social media trends and individualized birthday messages. I don’t really like the Instagram accounts either, but that’s a family choice. College recruiters are not looking at 11 year olds Instagram pages.  [/quote]
But the team social media is typically run by parents. It’s not the coaches. [/quote]

Correct, its the parents and they want the team’s page to be followed by other teams pages, and liked by other teams,  and national organizations, and companies that make equipment. It’s just ridiculous.  None of it will actually help their child get recruited, but they think it will and they are in this rat race for “likes.”  They all also have individual pages for their children and have had them since very young.  [/quote]

It definitely is a rat race for “likes” and desire to be followed and impress other team’s pages. Locally, there’s  one other same age group team in their sport and it appears like a competition for posts and attention. It’s not why my kid plays sports and I’d rather not get wrapped up in it. [/quote]

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