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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Part of the problem here is the pay to play travel sports industrial complex.  Kid plays ‘travel’ soccer.  Kid is really not that good but parent and kid have spent huge amounts of time driving to out of town tournaments etc. kid tries out in high school, doesn’t make team and doesn’t know how to deal.  Kid assumes he is vastly better than rec.  probably he’s not but rec teams are somewhat decimated by the move to travel.   If travel sports were actually limited to the absolute top players, and more kids stuck with rec, not making the hs team would be less of a shock and there would be more rec options. [/quote]

You are totally correct. We should have town/city-based leagues with one all-star/travel team per town. Those all-star/ travel teams can play each other. We will have Rockville vs Bethesda and Kensington vs. Potomac, etc, etc. This could work with basketball, baseball & softball, soccer, volleyball. It would be a vast improvement if most of us could step away from the sports industrial complex. I love my kid beyond measure but I have no desire to spend my weekends staying at shitty hotels while they compete in a sports tournament.  We held off as long as we could but even by starting in 8th grade, between club fees, clinics, camps, and travel, we will have spent at least 40K by the time the kid graduates. [/quote]

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