In addition to the economic cost of travel teams (fees, uniforms, travel, private lessons), we saw a lot of kids and parents get themselves into a state where the sport becomes all consuming. Academics are put to the side so that they are not prepared for college even if they are recruited. My D got grief because she always brought her text books on the bus for long away games. I have mentioned this elsewhere, out of the 8 teammates who made it to the next level (2 D1’, 2 D2’, 2 Jucos, 1 NAIA and 1 D3) only 3 girls graduated and played all 4 years. Many of these girls were woefully unprepared for college.
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