Posted by Clodbuster on November 29, 2012 at 22:19:09 from (66.146.251.56):
In Reply to: OT: Sports vs. Job? posted by jhilyer on November 29, 2012 at 06:31:50:
Sports, in moderation, can be a good thing. One thing in my area in the last 15 years is the off-season practices and traveling teams that take the parents on hundred mile trips every weekend and consume the family's time and money with the hope that junior will someday be a pro whether they have any talent or not. A few years ago the NE Husker FB team studied when the players began playing FB. A large margin did not play until high school if I remember correctly. If you have the time and money and want to do it, fine, but I have seen parents spend themselves broke and the kid can't even make the high school team! Some of those kids had great talents outside of sports, but the ball playing broke the bank.
Have you tried to hire a high school age kid for some work lately? Between practice, lifting, camps, games, social time, etc. they can work one day per week for maybe a two hour stretch.
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