How Youth Sports Became Crazy Expensive
Youth sports used to be pretty simple: sign up for the local rec league, play with your friends and go home. Now, for many families, sports can mean travel teams, private coaches, expensive equipment, packed weekends and thousands of dollars in spending—sometimes starting when kids are barely out of elementary school. What happened? This week we're looking at the high-pressure, fast-growing, trillion-dollar industry that's become of youth sports.
With private equity ownership squeezing dollars out of families and leagues pushing for extra coaching and gear, kids are being manipulated into…
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