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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm someone who would never do club/travel with my kids so I can't say for sure. But, I think it's for a status symbol or college resume building. Maybe parents are trying to live through their kids.[/quote]

I think it's a keeping up with the Joneses thing for a lot of families, and for others they just think their kid has a lot of potential and could maybe even have a career as an athlete, or an Olympian who makes a living off endorsing products.

Most career athletes start very young nowadays, so if you don't start your kids young, you are probably closing that door. There's nothing wrong with closing that door for your child. A lot of doors are already closed.[/quote]

This has not been my experience at all. Most of the parents we have met in travel have no illusions about their kids playing in college, and the cost of travel just isn't a big deal to them. Travel is just an overall better experience than Rec (I'll say starting in middle school, rec in elementary is fine because most families haven't left yet at that point.) We ultimately left Rec because families didn't prioritize showing up to games and practices and every year several new kids would add to the team and have no clue what to do. This is fine in 2nd. Its pretty frustrating in 6th to play softball or baseball with kids who can't field an easy grounder and don't know what a force is. [/quote]

This is all smoke and mirrors [/quote]

How so? Most rec leagues are decimated by 14u, if not 12u. What experienced middle schooler wants to play on a team full of newbies? I'm not exactly sure what you think is a "status symbol" about something that costs $2400/year.[/quote]

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