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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s all about money, of course. More people making as much as they can off the American obsession with sports. Parents throwing money at those people so they and their kid can say they are on travel. [/quote]

Ironically the coaching leagues and what not are more often than not non-for-profit, coaches get paid very little given the effort required.  Yes, coaches are drawn to money, even if it is a couple of private lessons a week to help pay the bills.  However, I think it is more about the wealthy who can afford these luxuries, they really don't want to play with "poor" kids.  It isn't a coincidence that many of the summer league swim pools requite memberships, often times difficult to get bordering on invitation only.  They created a system of elitism to keep kids out are able to enjoy the public spaces that were created, by creating a pseudo-meritocracy.  I call it a pseudo-meritocracy, because while the kids that compete can compete, they are leveraging resources that your average athlete just isn't going to have.  For example, one of the soccer clubs in the area offers, "Training at camps in Europe".  What a luxury item that is.  Want to play the nine, just pony up for one of those camps.  Even if you are on the teams, they will make sure you don't outshine these kids.  Good luck trying to play the nine.

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What is this babble? There are neighborhood pools and public pools. [/quote]

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