Why don’t people talk about how expensive it is to play sports besides basketball and football?

[Wildin]

All sports are expensive. Keep thinking your just going to buy a ping pong paddle and join a league or some shyt.......

 

[Mowgli]

There's swimming lessons Tuesdays and thursdays from 9:30am to 10:30 am in my city....granted this is one particular swim school.....but don't most if not all kids have school monday-friday? and sure by the time your child is in school they should know how to swim but don't most parents work monday-friday or have kids in daycare......

Exactly. If it's not pricing it's scheduling.

You mean to tell me you can't hire an additional person to do a later evening class. They're just leaving money on the table and don't give a damn. More than likely it's because some of these places are funded with tax dollars or some kind of wealthy philanthropist

 

[CapitalforCapital]

That’s because it’s the only thing they do. Most great soccer players are put in an academy young and all they do is focus on soccer.

Most US kids play multiple sports and we don’t have youth schools whose primary function is to train a sport. My son plays baseball in the spring, basketball in the fall, and swims between that. Other kids switch between football and baseball.

If other countries seriously had baseball academies like soccer then the US would stop being the leader in that too.

Nah it’s really because the coaches don’t know how to develop talent. They too focused on finding the next big thing and making money. Plus there’s such a low barrier of entry. I don’t know many kids that do baseball and football maybe football and wrestling. But thats basically cross training. The problem is that sports in America is becoming a racket. Too many frauds and pay for play schemes. In order to be the best these day you have to pay 1000 to go to Nike camp and get ranked. It’s a scam. Kids be on steroids in middle school these days as well. Sad shyt

 

[CapitalforCapital]

All sports are expensive. Keep thinking your just going to buy a ping pong paddle and join a league or some shyt.......

Football and basketball aren’t expensive. Football more expensive than basketball but it’s still cheap cause you don’t have to buy your own pads. All you need is a ball and a hoop to play which is why it’s becoming more global. Only thing keeping football cheap is that most rich kids don’t like to get dirty and are afraid of getting hit. If you wanna get into equestrian sports that shyt costs 100,000 +

 

[spacewraith]

The soccer system here in the U.S. is garbage... Not a way out of poverty at all like it is in the rest of the world.

 

[Wildin]

Football and basketball aren’t expensive. Football more expensive than basketball but it’s still cheap cause you don’t have to buy your own pads. All you need is a ball and a hoop to play which is why it’s becoming more global. Only thing keeping football cheap is that most rich kids don’t like to get dirty and are afraid of getting hit. If you wanna get into equestrian sports that shyt costs 100,000 +

Basketball is expensive because more cities have more leagues. And because the ummm how do you say affluent families that want their kids to play but stay out off the riff raff charge more, rent higher quality centers to play their games, even the more let's call them urban can afford to charge more for kids to sign up because all they have to say is "well the going rate to join a team around here is $500. We only charge $200 because we're non profit and run by volunteers....."

To keep it 100 atleast in my area white people are willing to pay more just to avoid having, hosting or playing against black players/families.

There's even various soccer leagues that the White kids play in that box out the Latinos....

And of course a lot of these parents have connects and boosters so they get mad support and advertising, as well as scouting/news reporting whereas none of the other teams make it to the local news or newspapers.

 

[CapitalforCapital]

Basketball is expensive because more cities have more leagues. And because the ummm how do you say affluent families that want their kids to play but stay out off the riff raff charge more, rent higher quality centers to play their games, even the more let's call them urban can afford to charge more for kids to sign up because all they have to say is "well the going rate to join a team around here is $500. We only charge $200 because we're non profit and run by volunteers....."

To keep it 100 atleast in my area white people are willing to pay more just to avoid having, hosting or playing against black players/families.

There's even various soccer leagues that the White kids play in that box out the Latinos....

And of course a lot of these parents have connects and boosters so they get mad support and advertising, as well as scouting/news reporting whereas none of the other teams make it to the local news or newspapers.

Basketball isn’t expensive at all it’s the lowest barrier of entry to all sports. Whatchu talking about dog. You don’t need any equipment at all.

 

[Wildin]

Basketball isn’t expensive at all it’s the lowest barrier of entry to all sports. Whatchu talking about dog. You don’t need any equipment at all.

Basketball is expensive because more cities have more leagues. And because the ummm how do you say affluent families that want their kids to play but stay out off the riff raff charge more, rent higher quality centers to play their games, even the more let's call them urban can afford to charge more for kids to sign up because all they have to say is "well the going rate to join a team around here is $500. We only charge $200 because we're non profit and run by volunteers....."

To keep it 100 atleast in my area white people are willing to pay more just to avoid having, hosting or playing against black players/families.

There's even various soccer leagues that the White kids play in that box out the Latinos....

And of course a lot of these parents have connects and boosters so they get mad support and advertising, as well as scouting/news reporting whereas none of the other teams make it to the local news or newspapers.

 

[CapitalforCapital]

Ok but your argument makes no sense a round of gold costs 70$ a pop, plus clubs, plus cleats, plus outfits, plus tipping a caddy. You can go outside and play basketball free of charge. Just because it can be expensive doesn’t mean that it’s actually is. There is no barrier of entry to play a game of basketball, none. No specialized shoes, no specialized outfit, nothing. Them kids ain’t paying to play a game they are paying for playing time/ to get scouted. They are getting scammed.

 

[sayyestothis]

If ur child is gifted all sports are expensive.

The rest is just playground shyt.

 

[CapitalforCapital]

If ur child is gifted all sports are expensive.

The rest is just playground shyt.

If your child is gifted you shouldn’t be paying at all. They start sponsoring gifted kids in middle school. The rest are fighting for that 15th slot.

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

Just live below your means and make you kid(s) wear Bad News Bears uniforms
Did I do that right 6 figga nikka, capitalist brehs

 

[Llcoolbay]

Are we talking just playing as a hobby because basketball can get very expensive playing on a AAU team if you not a top prospect and/or on a team that isn't sponsored

 

[Givethanks]

13 years old soccer players get paid in other countries, sports in North America is on some pay to play shyt.

 

[powmia]

I think all of this is by design, to keep us out and line the pockets of the greedy capitalist. I see this each week. My son plays 13u travel baseball. When we pull up to the park, most weekends we can count on one the number black kids playing. shyt is expensive as fukk. I stopped adding up the costs. A new USSA bat atleast $400-$500, quality glove starts at $150, let's not talk about team and tournament fees, back pack starts at $150, sliding gloves and other hitting accessories $$$$$, private hitting or pitching lessons, not required but $$$$$, cleats $75 plus. I could go on and on shyts ridiculous. Then, in my area of the US, most HBCUs dropped baseball as a school supported sport. Currently NC A&T is the only HBCU in our state that offers baseball. As a state, NC has the most HBCU’S in America-11. At one point in the not distant past 10 supported baseball. Not including all female Bennett College.