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Originally Posted by thesloppy
All of these sports costs are insane to me, who can only reference my own forays into shitty public-school athletics through the 70s and 80s.
Seems obvbious this will/has result(ed) in some sort of classism within sports, where only the rich can afford to compete at the highest levels, regardless of skill & the talent of the athletes at the highest levels will regress,
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The annual survey by the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) in 2021 found that 24% of kids ages 6 to 12 from homes with $25,000 or less played sports on a regular basis, compared to 40% of kids from $100,000+ homes
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Anybody else think 40% is shockingly low or am I stuck in a youth sports bubble?
EDIT: To be clear, I am not saying $100,000+ homes are rich homes.
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Last edited by miami_fan : 05-25-2023 at 04:42 PM.
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