Input needed from parents of youth athletes

[pointyfootball]

You'd be surprised, a lot of the focus in baseball has shifted from high school teams to tourney teams.

Same with soccer...club teams are much more competitive and easier to scout. Some club teams (academys) forbid their players from playing high school ball, which is kind of sad.

[AsburySkinsFan]

They both pay a lot of money! IF one can get it.I have a good friend who was a head coach of a Div III men's soccer team. His son ended up playing for him (no scholarship). My friend & his wife tallied up their cost they spent on him playing travel soccer, camps, etc and they estimated it to be in excess of $50k.

Yeah, well that ain't happenin' here. I'd like for him to get in at a local private university

[Corcaigh]

He has visions of a life in the pros, I have visions of a scholarship to a university where he can get an education.

[Kilmer17]

Thanks all. Tough decision ahead.