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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is with rec too many kids play as a babysitting method for parents. If your child wants to develop their game. It gets ruined by the kids who don't have their heart in it. Thats why travel is needed. [/quote]

+1.  While I'm not a huge fan of the club racket, this is true.  Same with the coaches.  I love rec coaches, volunteering their time, and they're amazing with the kids.  But at a certain point, some kids need better coaching.  And I say this as the wife of a rec coach.[/quote]

You have it backwards.

They did away with Rec by having 7 teams per age group.  There was no longer anyone that could chew gum and walk at the same time left in Rec.  So--in order to have some reasonable competition and benefit for the kids that like the sport but maybe it's not their first sport or maybe they aren't very good---they now had to pay a few thousand dollars and travel just to get teammates that would actually show up for games and practices.

It was the travel monopoly that killed Rec.

It used to be hard to make any select/travel team.  Now, anyone with a checkbook plays.

Maybe with people losing jobs and money, the Rec league can thrive again and kids can actually play with neighbors and classmates.[/quote]

This.  I would love to not have to pay $1500 a year for my son to play soccer at a decent level.  I have no pretense that he will get oodles of college money - he won't.  He doesn't even care to play at that level but he is shades better than our rec teams.  There aren't a lot of options for a kid like mine out there unless you want to get on the travel team train....and after this shit show of a year, I am hopping off.  [/quote]

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