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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Parents are paying thousands of $$$ to be on a mediocre travel soccer team. This is nothing like it used to be even just a few years ago where just to make a travel team was super competitive.[/quote]

Seriously, why do you care how other people spend their money?  Everyone has their own priorities.  DH and I make a lot of money, we have one kid with learning disabilities, and travel soccer has been a great way for him to get exercise 4 times a week, feel confident about himself, and make friends on his team through increased repeated contact with this peer group.  [/quote]

People will defend travel sports no matter what. The comment above is absolutely right. Less money and time and more fun.[/quote]

Wait a second. Rec costs about $200 per year ($100 per season), with a parent volunteer coach who may or may not know anything about soccer or dealing with kids. Travel soccer literally has eight times the field time per year compared to Rec soccer, which in theory would cost $1600 ($200 x 8) if run under the Rec program.  So for an extra couple hundred bucks and team fees, you get professional coaches, better fields (usually), much better competition, access to futsal and travel camps, etc.  So how is travel a rip off compared to rec?[/quote]

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