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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of travel/club sports are[b] rec in disguise because those programs have been gutted.[/b] High level is probably worth the price tag, but there are many clubs cashing huge checks for barely rec programming. So, my final answer is YMMV.[/quote]

What does this mean? What rec programs were gutted?[/quote]

This could be a whole different thread. Essentially all the resources go towards low level travel/club (this is very sport dependent though) who charge fees substantially higher than local rec programs. The only people left in rec have 0 buy in often have trouble even fielding teams week to week. In the not so distant past, you had a decent variety of players (including some very talented ones) still playing rec to try different sports. That's all but gone now in most areas.[/quote]

It is still possible to put together strong rec programs, but it's getting harder by the year (it feels like). I think the best compromise is what local baseball has found through majors: the travel players come back to play rec in spring because of the competitive all-star season in summer that still carries prestige. That keeps the invested [i]parents[/i] volunteering for rec, keeps the level of play somewhat higher, that sort of thing.

Otherwise by it seems somewhere between 9 and 11 things really get weak in rec. And only the biggest programs can even provide teams past late elementary or middle school.[/quote]

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