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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It probably goes without saying that at least 40% of the parents responding to this post fall into the category of this sports study.

https://footballscoop.com/news/study-nearly-40-young-athletes-dont-want-parents-games[/quote]

I disagree. The majority of posters on here say they sign their kids up for a travel sport with no expectation that the kids will even play in college, let alone go pro.  Reasons cited: friendship, work ethic, character building, competition (local sports market not enough), love of the sport.  Especially those of us who've played a college sport - we know what it took to get and stay there and recognize that for most, it's not worth the sacrifice, but if your kids love their sport and are driven, you support them within your means. We've had teammates whose parents are like the ones cited in the article, but they are typically not self-aware and not as educated as the people posting here.  [/quote]

The article says that 40% of all kids don’t want their parents attending their sporting events…[b]the example of the horrible parents in the article were travel parents[/b].

Not sure why people are saying it’s the rec parents that are terrible…they are everywhere.[/quote]

The anecdotal story is about a HS football parent.  Not a travel parent.

And The link supporting the 37% doesn't go anywhere.  I'd be curious to learn more about it.  But honestly, I wouldnt be using that link from "footballscoop.com" to back up any claim[/quote]

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