Couldn’t the expectations be limited if parents recognized they don’t need to put their kid in travel so early? And recognize all travel isn’t equal, but all travel is part booming business. Most of the pressure seems to come from parents wanting it more than the kid.
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We pay $3 for local paper/sports and another few buck for local sports site that only does high school.
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Of course. But putting your kid in TB at young age does have benefits if the kid isn’t having any fun playing rec ball because of competition level (this being an issue in 2023 is a different topic). As I have asked numerous times in this thread what is the development/enjoyment benefit to the ballplayer to be ranked in MS? I will give you motivation as a possible benefit but as I also mentioned before being motivated at a young age by “being good” compared to other people can be a slippery slope..
Of course. But putting your kid in TB at young age does have benefits if the kid isn’t having any fun playing rec ball because of competition level (this being an issue in 2023 is a different topic). As I have asked numerous times in this thread what is the development/enjoyment benefit to the ballplayer to be ranked in MS? I will give you motivation as a possible benefit but as I also mentioned before being motivated at a young age by “being good” compared to other people can be a slippery slope..
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Gotcha. Our strictly online HS sports news source is free. We also have another online news source that is more local to Philly that will actually show in-game highlights and post recorded post-game interviews to go along with their write-ups. I think they use local college grad program students to attend the games and handle the media. They do a great job and the HS kids love it.
Ok whatever but that is a different subject than what you were talking about, ie... you were calling them, as individuals, hypocrites for calling out these rankings while cutting players in middle school .Which they do not do nor have they ever done. So your initial argument is null and void.
calling all coaches hypocrites who are concerned about rankings but have no issue cutting kids. I’ve cut kids but I’m not hung up on this being the issue with travel sports.
Pulled this from Cat’s website
Player fee: for players chosen, the player fee is $300. Financial assistance is available upon request. To apply for financial assistance, complete the financial assistance application.
For players chosen sticks out, as her teams start at 14U
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My DD development is a lot better when there is someone who is or people think is better.
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Sure..that is the opposite of what I was talking about.
How many kids are not having fun playing rec ball at 8U-12U? Or it is the parents believing they need to move on because social media Sunday is pictures of weekend tournaments of 10 games and getting runner up in the bronze bracket.
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I am sure there is a lot of that. I am also sure that some (most?) of these unnecessary expectations/pressure from the rankings are due to parents. That said, I have asked you a question a few times already regarding the benefits of MS rankings and you have yet to answer. If they went away how would the game suffer?
If the negatives outweigh the benefits then getting rid of MS rankings seems like low hanging fruit compared to trying to change how adults act in 2023..
Of course the parental issues would still be there but they would have one less “tool” to mess up their kids with. I don’t think EI would lose much money if they just limited it to HS age kids (I could be way off here..)That said, I just like debating and if they don’t go away I won’t lose any sleep
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