The Deuce: Yeah I always loved paying entry fees on top of thousands in club and travel costs*

I’m in Arizona for a yute baseball tournament. - doubledown Yesterday, 11:32:04

I would like to discuss the worst sports for your kids to get involved in, from a parent perspective - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 17:08:28
- Soccer is great until 13 when travel and competition for spots goes off the rails* - CoronaTheirAss Yesterday, 18:11:06
- i hear swimming just drags on time wise, but travel aspect isn't bad? i could not do the baseball - torinese Yesterday, 18:04:18
- i bitch about my oldest doing competitive dance but it’s really not that bad schedule wise - lcubed Yesterday, 17:16:55
- My only experience is with baseball and hockey. Hockey was by far the worst of the two. - doubledown Yesterday, 17:12:35
  - hockey is the earliest, smelliest and most expensive (or close) * - assassin Yesterday, 17:15:09
    - I had forgotten about the smell. * - doubledown Yesterday, 17:16:37
- Swimming. More frequent practices and multi-day meets* - opey8 Yesterday, 17:10:31
- I attended my niece's cross country event last year - Sounder Yesterday, 17:09:53
Try competitive cheerleading. Pay a shit ton of money for gym fees, hotels, gas, etc. - voiceofreason Yesterday, 16:47:40
$10 is cheap. - EffinIllini Yesterday, 16:14:21
- Easy price gouge. You're already there, what are you gonna do, not watch your kids?* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 16:28:35
  - Yep* - EffinIllini Yesterday, 16:31:21
- That is wild* - Sounder Yesterday, 16:22:46
  - So glad we're done with it. - EffinIllini Yesterday, 16:30:54
Capitalism ruins everything* - Jackie Yesterday, 14:17:41
meanwhile, this horrible thing just popped into my linked in feed - assassin Yesterday, 14:15:03
- It’s a fractured market spread across a wide range of ad-hoc locations. Even if you - doubledown Yesterday, 16:56:30
youth sports are like Madden - Sammich Yesterday, 13:26:33
- I wish Sprout had shown some interest in an extracurricular or two - DT Yesterday, 15:14:37
- *Raises hand* Fuck youth sports. * - haighter Yesterday, 13:29:49
  - I generally don't have issues with club soccer. Other than the silliness of paying... - uofi1998 Yesterday, 13:50:59
    - Agreed. We really miss it. Also, volleyball is paying for her tuition, so - PapaDels Yesterday, 14:38:26
  - What would happen if everyone just decided to get off the ride all at once?* - Sounder Yesterday, 13:30:23
    - A few parents and I pulled our kids from the private, pay to play, flag football league here… - haighter Yesterday, 13:36:20
      - Flag Football leagues are their own breed... we have the uber competitive ones here too. - uofi1998 Yesterday, 13:50:14
Isn't it great? - Chicago1995 Yesterday, 12:53:21
Yeah I always loved paying entry fees on top of thousands in club and travel costs* - PapaDels Yesterday, 12:27:53

Some places are worse than others... if DD is out in East Mesa at the (former) Legacy project... - uofi1998 Yesterday, 12:33:30
- Oof, good times* - PapaDels Yesterday, 13:11:30

You must be out at AAG...* - uofi1998 Yesterday, 12:16:56
- At least parking was free today! * - doubledown Yesterday, 14:02:21
  - Sweet!* - uofi1998 Yesterday, 14:59:57
- As a real estate and economic development person - Sounder Yesterday, 12:19:52
  - The pro formas used to finance the deal were 100% horseshit... literally... - uofi1998 Yesterday, 12:29:21
    - It was always a joke and given the level of fraud there was never even a distressed play - FidelGoodell Yesterday, 16:15:55
      - it sold through bankruptcy... less than $.10 on the dollar. - uofi1998 Yesterday, 16:39:39
    - My first job out of grad school was an economic development consulting firm - Sounder Yesterday, 12:30:49
      - I had the AAG deal sniffed out from the start... first time I went out there for training... - uofi1998 Yesterday, 12:32:22
        
        Sidejack: Have you ever read the book A Man In Full? - Sounder Yesterday, 12:33:48
        
        No... but I'll check it out. Thanks for the reco* - uofi1998 Yesterday, 12:50:52
        
        You'll love it - Sounder Yesterday, 13:29:12
I was in arizona last week. - ijustkrushalot Yesterday, 11:54:51
- By the time I get to Arizona - Sounder Yesterday, 12:03:34
- God + the Major Oil Companies are working on it - ATL Yesterday, 12:01:23

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