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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is it a scam? Because you don’t see the value? There’s lots of kids who really love to play soccer, and are pretty good at it. Only a few players are goi to end up playing at the elite level and college. But between that and recreational soccer there’s a big range and travel teams and developmental teams fill the void. It costs money to reserve fields, pay coaches who are not volunteers, join an organized league, get uniforms, pay referees, etc. it’s a machine and it’s not free to run it. My kid loves soccer and is quite good at it but not elite level good. We don’t go crazy with private training and have no inclination they will play in college. But they are staying very active, have great friendships, have matured as humans and players, and gained skills to continue playing a game they love. We can afford it. What’s wrong with that? Don’t like it, don’t participate.

Is your kid going to just get a job straight out of HS if they don’t get into Princeton or Harvard? [/quote]

I’m the scam caller. I don’t think the costs for coaching and fields etc is pointless AT ALL. I think it’s awesome that your child loves the game and puts so much time into it. In my opinion it’s the TRAVEL that’s the scam. How much do you pay for hotel rooms, gas, and food on the road? I get that it’s fun for the kids too, but why not make that one weekend a year instead of what feels like constantly? Why do you have to play travel teams in Delaware when there are plenty of elite level players in the DMV? The scam is the extra cost that has nothing to do with playing the actual game of soccer. That’s the part that doesn’t have value. But quality coaches etc, totally worth it. [/quote]

NP. I actually think the "travel" part of travel soccer is part of the experience. Team and family bonding. Some of the best conversations with my teens come from 1.5 car rides each way to a game. And the hotels a couple times a year are great fun adventures we still remember. Sure, we could have spent that money on a hotel stay outside of a soccer tournament, but if not for the tournaments we probably wouldn't have gone anywhere. Soccer provides a built in activity to do while we stay in the hotel and comes with built in travel companions. It's not a scam. We know exactly what's involved and choose still choose to do it. You may have different preferences and that's fine. You do you. But to call it a scam, which implies some kind of deception, is just not correct. We all know what we're signing up for.[/quote]

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