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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Got to happen at some point. We baby these kids much more now than past generations. Too many parents these days choose to pay for for travel soccer as a protected sport. Kids dont play pick up sports at the playground anymore. Everything is structured and paid for. Gone are the days where kids competed on their own and they knew who was better and who sucked. Those kids even if they sucked competed their butts of to get better in order to be picked in the games. Today its all paid for and guaranteed to have not only a spot on the team but actual equal playing time. Parents are giving this generation a false sense of being good enough by  simply writing a check.[/quote]

1.  Kids absolutely compete and know who is better and who sucks.

2.  Plenty of kids do play pickup and compete on their own.  If yours doesn't that's your problem - don't project it onto others.

3.  Competition can absolutely happen at tryouts / selection time - and the better clubs also allow for movement between teams.  This is much better than simply not playing a kid who is not good enough.

4.  Charging a kid to be on a team where he doesn't play is clearly not a sustainable business model - nor should it be.  Why should a kid pay to sit on the bench?[/quote]

I think we are agreeing here. Other than this is travel or competitive so that means compete. Its not rec league, you need to complete  to earn your minutes. They shouldn't be handed to you. Thats what rec is for. My thought is if you find your kid is not good enough to earn the minutes he/she shouldn't be rewarded with the minutes. Going back to the playground scenario if you win you stay on if you lose you sit out until you got next. that motivates you to work to get better to stay on if it means enough to you. But most of these parents are more about making their kids feel good than actually teaching them to strive to be good.[/quote]

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