Anonymous wrote:we’ll wait till they’re in high school and they have games until nine or 10 PM. Count your blessings now cause you’ll be even more exhausted then.

This, then they have sports at 5-6 AM the next morning.

Source: Project Play Aspen Institute
NCCA statistics show that only a minuscule percentage of high school athletes will play professional sports.

1 in 610 (0.16%) will get drafted by a Major League Baseball team

1 in 10,399 (0.0096%) will get picked by an NBA team

1 in 12,873 (0.0077%) will be chosen by a WNBA team

1 in 3,960 (0.025%) will get picked by an NFL team

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just stop pushing your kids then. Only 2% make it to professional sports. And before someone says they do it to learn x,y,z, they can learn x,y,z in/from/by other ways. Obsession with sports, smh.

2% of what? Kids? Nah brah this is wildly optimistic. And wrong.

But I don’t teach my kids math so they can be world renowned mathematicians. Nor science so they can cure cancer. Sports are great for kids. The goal is not professional sports for most kids. They’re out there to learn sportsmanship and teamwork and get a taste of something they might like. They make friends thy stay active and healthy during formative years of setting patterns for health and fitness.

And there is that x, y, z

Anonymous wrote:Just stop pushing your kids then. Only 2% make it to professional sports. And before someone says they do it to learn x,y,z, they can learn x,y,z in/from/by other ways. Obsession with sports, smh.

2% of what? Kids? Nah brah this is wildly optimistic. And wrong.

But I don’t teach my kids math so they can be world renowned mathematicians. Nor science so they can cure cancer. Sports are great for kids. The goal is not professional sports for most kids. They’re out there to learn sportsmanship and teamwork and get a taste of something they might like. They make friends thy stay active and healthy during formative years of setting patterns for health and fitness.

Anonymous wrote:We just don't do team sports. It's not worth it for our family. One of them does a lot of music, so there's driving and frequent rehearsals for that, but it's not as bad as travel sports and there are no early mornings!

Ditto. My kid is built like a linebacker and has been begged by coaches to play everything but thankfully he wasn’t interested in sports. He loved orchestra and that schedule was perfect for our family.

Hi. This is the deal. There is no PSA except to you:

You and only you determine your families comfort level around being a slave to sports. In my experience- even the most self righteous capitulate/ depending on their HHI, husbands fatness level, and thirst. Kids are just sweet cogs playing out the machine of brah dads failed athletic aspirations and moms relative sideline index (a complicated algorithm of fertility, bounce back, hotness, best snacks and never runs out of diapers for the baby (ies).)

The PSA is yours to receive. You have no power against the tide of the monetized kids sport machine. The alternative is trad wife kimchi making, scouts, 4H, stem stuff, language immersion or You decide. But you faint rail against the machine that is kids rec sports. You’ll lose.




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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2% of kids playing sports become professionals? Seems high

Someone can get to professional sports without having played? Example?

Wow. Logic is not your strong suit.

Anonymous wrote:2% of kids playing sports become professionals? Seems high

Someone can get to professional sports without having played? Example?

I live across from a park and I totally agree.

It's not fun for the people living near the parks, either.

Some of the teams are ok, but some blare music or cheer or whistle loudly.

2% of kids playing sports become professionals? Seems high

It’s a field availability/ump/ref issue.
Finite resources. Money won’t help.

Just stop pushing your kids then. Only 2% make it to professional sports. And before someone says they do it to learn x,y,z, they can learn x,y,z in/from/by other ways. Obsession with sports, smh.

We just don't do team sports. It's not worth it for our family. One of them does a lot of music, so there's driving and frequent rehearsals for that, but it's not as bad as travel sports and there are no early mornings!

we’ll wait till they’re in high school and they have games until nine or 10 PM. Count your blessings now cause you’ll be even more exhausted then.

If you happen to be such a person, don't. Please. Just stop. We will all pay you to NOT do this. Truly I would pay at least $50 each time to have this not happen.