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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is only this frenzy in certain sports and in over-populated 'super zip code' metros. Move to the exurbs or flyover country and youth sports are still chill. It's because these wacko striver parents are all living through their kids. And no matter how much dough they blow and summers and weekends wasted carting kids everywhere, they still won't go D1. These arrogant sports-obsessed parents think they're hot s*** when they're really literally being scammed and coerced out of their money...and 99% chance the kid will end up at the same college anyone else can go to with the same CV.[/quote]

+1. This is the blunt reason.  Parents have lost all perspective about what youth sports should be and the experience their kids should have playing them.  City rec league sports used to be a way for neighborhood kids to build friendships, get exercise, stay in shape and learn sportsmanship.  Now it's all about parents paying a fortune for some travel league headquartered hundreds of miles away so they can spending every weekend driving 100-200 miles to play baseball.  The parents hope that maybe this will help their kid stand out well enough to maybe get recognized for a scholarship, but the odds of this are firmly stacked against them.  Kids would be better off if sports reverted back to how they were 20+ years ago and academics became the focus once again for getting into a good college.[/quote]

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