Originally Posted by
Jughed
Where it really costs a crap ton of money - getting kids into the higher levels of the sport. Kids with talent and no money are screwed.
This is pretty common with lots of youth sports and activities. I spent a bunch of years dishing out top-end race bike money every year for my daughter to play travel softball.
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