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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the life of me I do not understand the select/club sports mindset.

Why are we paying thousands of dollars to join clubs so kids can play on the bronze team, to travel to Topeka, to play another bronze team, to go 1-3, stay in a hotel, eat crappy food, while mom and dad bring the younger siblings along, just so they can end up fighting over who forgot to pack snacks for the kids.

How about, you save the money, spend time with the family doing something fun, productive or educational, and play school or Rec ball.

[b]Your kid isn’t going to college on a scholarship or going to the Olympics. Most won’t even be playing the sport they are in after their sophomore year of high school. [/b]
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Why? Because our kids enjoy it, and we can afford it. Not sure why you think club soccer can’t be a fun and productive activity for kids and parents, though if there is anyone from our area traveling to Topeka to watch their third team kid play soccer, I would feel bad for that parent and kid. I’ve never witnessed any such thing happening, though.

Re the bolded, my older kid is playing college at a top 20 school on a 2/3 athletic scholarship, and my younger made varsity as a freshman.  We know many kids in the same boat. That can’t likely happen without club soccer in this country.  Do I think it’s a terrible system that benefits the wealthy while funneling money to undeserving people like the leadership of ECNL? Yes, and as others have stated, the system isn’t set up to maximize the development of kids or coaches.  But it’s the system we have and none of its flaws mean we and others aren’t going to participate if our kids want to play at a level more serious than rec. [/quote]

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