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Youth sports rant

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Gliderman8

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My wife and I along with my daughter drove down to a suburb of Philadelphia to watch my 11 year old grandson play in a basketball game. That’s what grandparents do, right?( rhetorical question).
When we got to the gym we had to pay $20 each to get in. Say what?
When did youth sports become a profitable business model?
Grumble, grumble :censored1:
 
We had a similar situation where I taught in Wisconsin public schools thirty years ago. Band concert tickets were $10/person, $2 for kids under 10, no charge for students in the school. Similar to HS football, basketball, etc. games.
 
Gliderman8 said:
My wife and I along with my daughter drove down to a suburb of Philadelphia to watch my 11 year old grandson play in a basketball game. That’s what grandparents do, right?( rhetorical question).
When we got to the gym we had to pay $20 each to get in. Say what?
When did youth sports become a profitable business model?
Grumble, grumble :censored1:
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I suspect that they need that to keep the lights on.
Student sports programs are loosing whatever subsidies they used to get.
 
I was in stage crew class in high school during the early 80's. When someone outside our school used one of the two theaters we had, we would bill them for the lights being on and a tech. So it has been going on for a bit.
 
equiprx said:
I suspect that they need that to keep the lights on.
Student sports programs are loosing whatever subsidies they used to get.
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I disagree…. These kids are in a pay-to-play program. The parents shell out lots of money for the kids to play (like tuition). On top of that, each team pays $709-$900 to enroll in the tournament which pays for the private basketball venue. It’s the privately owned basketball facility that’s charging for parents and grandparents to see the kids play.
The facility has already been paid by each team for the court rental fee.
They charge $20 to see your kids play on top of all the money they have been paid because they know they can.
This is NOT public schools.
 
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