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I feel like general youth sports has diminished over time. As mentioned, travel teams and such have really taken over which has done a number on the local little league type programs that might have been where your average kid played.
It's purely anecdotal, but I just don't see fields being used much in the area. Baseball game here and there and soccer does seem busy on the weekends. I know football has been hurting bad in my area. The youth team I played on as a kid is a shell of itself. Not sure if that's parents not letting their kids play or what. Also maybe kids are moving toward competitive gaming or alternative sports like skateboarding.
But the money has been an issue for a long time. It's why we don't develop a ton of talent in skilled sports that are competitive across the world. Baseball and football are where we dominate and you can make a case that the Caribbean is far better at developing young talent than we are because their system isn't pay to play.
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