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My son played youth football and basketball. When we played the teams from the inter city we would get our doors blown off.
I think its ironic to mention inner-city basketball. I wonder what the parents there spend on ODP, Team Fees, Weekend tournaments, and I also wonder what the DOC's and Trainers make.
How can they possibly expect to ever have their child make a decent college or professional team without all those things?
Forget about how much they spend on ODP, how much time do they spend raising there child. Everyone loves to talk about all the money people spend on soccer, I like to think about all the time we get to spend with our child during the journey. hard to put a price on it.
I also think a kid playing club soccer has a far better chance of going to college and playing a sport than your basic inner city athlete. Just my opinion.
No, I don't want to forget about the money......
I was always curious how the money works in AAU Basketball. Can somebody in the know comment on this? Sonny Vacarro (sp?) pulls in big bucks form Adidas or Nike. I don't think we have a "national guy" like this in youth soccer. How do the inner-city kids afford to travel coast-to-coast? Who's the "sugar daddy"? Who is paying the tourney entry fees, the travel, the coaches? For the lower-level kid, I'm sure it's mom and dad. What's going on at the highest level?
Kids play sports because they find it fun. Eliminate the fun and soon you eliminate the kid.
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