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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For us, it's been worth it and we aren't going to be playing in college or anything.  It's about so much more than just that.[/quote]
That's what every parent says once they realize they feel for the travel sports scam and wasted 1000s of dollars... [/quote]

NP. DCUM is filled with so many weirdos. This is so bizarrely aggressive. [/quote]
Nothing aggressive about it.

I have three kids who went through youth sports. Every travel parent starts realizes that their 8u superstar fizzled out in middle school and now the kid and parent have an identity crisis. [/quote]

I also agree with this…and it’s just a strange fear of the unknown that keeps people playing for travel vs having their kid do something else.

Almost universally the parents that had their kids get into flag or ultimate or some other sport that isn’t travel and is reasonable cost…exclaim, why didn’t I do this sooner?
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Parents spending $10K a year at age 8 for travel baseball when Mom and Dad are 5'2 and 5'9 and don't have an athletic bone between them. Eventually the kid loses the puberty lottery and the family realizes that you can't work your way to being a great ball player and the HS coaches favor the giant man children for the HS team. Then they realize that they wasted thousands of dollars on a race to nowhere. That's when the "It isn't about how good he is, we just enjoy it" schtick comes out. Uh huh. Sure you do. No one is going to admit they went all in on travel sports just for their kid to end up sucking after puberty.  [/quote]

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