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[quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad]The basic point is correct -- cost is an issue, as is travel (much easier to get the time off to shuttle your kids around when you're in a white-collar job).

The idea that $15,000/year is typical, much less the average for *any* player and not just the top 0.1 percent, is bizarre.

[b]$5k/year for *national team* camps? I may check into it, I can't believe that's true. [/b]I've heard plenty of stories of talented kids who can't afford to play elite travel. I've never heard of anyone turning down a youth national team camp because of cost.

Also -- the idea that the typical NFL player paid a lot of many for camps before high school is ludicrous. Some, sure. Plenty of QB camps for the next Peyton Manning. Maybe some kicking camps. But the pathway isn't exactly closed for a big, aggressive defensive lineman who plays everyday rec football (possibly with financial aid) and then high school.[/quote]

National team camps are free, including transportation, and you get free clothes and gear, some of which you keep, some you return. Id2 is free other than the costs of getting to the site (international trips include free transportation). For boys playing for MLS academies, the Generation Adidas Cup is free, including transportation (obviously, most MLS academies are free, but even for those that aren't, like DC United, GA Cup is free). [/quote]

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