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Originally posted by Unregistered View Postmy kids playing aau basketball instead of premier soccer this year. It was mainly because of the cost of the premier soccer that we decided to do other sports instead of focusing on soccer.
Does that mean the decline in soccer participation is due to cost? Using your logic it does.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThat is very true. If you look at the details from Aspen, the largest drops/lowest participation is for families of limited means, while all the growth is more affluent families that can afford pricey sports for their kids. There also is a growing attitude of "if you can't be in the best "whatever" you shouldn't bother.' Like you said kids who just want to play are left with few options that are still decently competitive and affordable. A societal message that just being average isn't good enough isn't helping. Look at how many times town or lower level club programs get trashed on this site. We can't grow the sport (or any sport) with an elitist attitude
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Postmy kids playing aau basketball instead of premier soccer this year. It was mainly because of the cost of the premier soccer that we decided to do other sports instead of focusing on soccer.
Does that mean the decline in soccer participation is due to cost? Using your logic it does.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThat is very true. If you look at the details from Aspen, the largest drops/lowest participation is for families of limited means, while all the growth is more affluent families that can afford pricey sports for their kids. There also is a growing attitude of "if you can't be in the best "whatever" you shouldn't bother.' Like you said kids who just want to play are left with few options that are still decently competitive and affordable. A societal message that just being average isn't good enough isn't helping. Look at how many times town or lower level club programs get trashed on this site. We can't grow the sport (or any sport) with an elitist attitude
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