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All of this!
Tell me again how clubs, teams, and travel teams aren't scams?
My $ 80-per-season son's soccer team beat a $ 5k-per-kid club team.
Somewhere along the way, youth sports stopped being about kids and started being about parents.
Club sports promise:
• better coaching
• more exposure
• better competition
• scholarships
But the numbers tell a different story.
Only about 1% of high school athletes get a college athletic scholarship.
And most of those aren’t even full rides.
Meanwhile, families are spending:
• $3k–$7k a year on club teams
• travel flights
• hotels every weekend
• private trainers
• camps
Over 10 years, that’s easily $50k+ per kid.
For youth soccer.
At 10 years old.
Meanwhile, rec sports still do what youth sports were originally meant to do:
Kids play with friends.
Parents sit in lawn chairs.
Everyone grabs pizza after the game.
Low pressure.
Pure fun.
And kids who love the game usually end up getting better anyway.
Our $80 rec team proved that last weekend.
So I’m curious…
Are travel sports actually for the kids…
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GenX rules.
Psychology says the 1960s and 70s accidentally produced one of the most emotionally durable generations in modern history — not through better parenting but through benign neglect that forced children to self-regulate, problem-solve, and develop emotional- share.google/4ucVPZsWcdy4fdb…
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Repping @1980MiracleTeam at school today in the build up to #4Nations tonight. Plenty of students asking about the big game between Canada & @usahockey hoping for a big 🇺🇸 win.
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Our LMS leadership team showing a little love to Coach Siriani for Super Bowl spirit day. Go Birds!🦅 @Eagles
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First WVU basketball game today. Got to see them honor the great Jerry West and then take down No.2 Iowa State. Wrapped up with a packed house singing “Country Roads.” What a night!!!
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So incredibly proud of former LMS teacher @CoachDoc_HHS
He’s a tremendous leader and an even better friend. Haverford is lucky to have him.
Congratulations to @fords.football Coach Luke Dougherty on being named the PA Football News Coaches-Select 6A Coach of the Year. Go Fords!
These #ArmyNavy hype videos never fail to give goosebumps. #GoArmyBeatNavy
Three years after the first Army-Navy Game was played, a poem called “America” reflected on the United States’ journey following the Civil War.
Over a century later, the nation's willingness to persevere through deep ideological differences is a testament to the resilience of our democracy.
With the 125th Army-Navy Game, we unite in support of the men and women who have devoted their lives to service.
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❤️ this.
Meet Joe Saturnio: the "best towel folder in the country."
@MartySmithESPN shares how Joe’s love and dedication inspire Army Football, proving every role matters 🖤💛
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Our staff and students at work. The veterans were very touched to receive such a warm welcome. 🇺🇸
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Super excited to sit in on a webinar from @NASSP led by the single best Ed leadership speaker @ToddWhitaker
