The article, Kids Sports League Becomes a $15 Billion Industry (2017), focuses on how much sports has had an influence on parents and their young children. This article mentions credible points about the pros and cons of youth travel sports. Cost, time, growth within the league, sports played in college, industries help to support it, and personal examples are all included in the article.
The cost of playing sports is one of the biggest issues and arguments of the industry. The article states that some families use 10% of their income on registration fees, equipment, travel costs, uniforms, and hotel stays. Families from all over the country are spending hundreds of dollars on private lessons and even more for the equipment used. In total, most high end families spend thousands of dollars a year for their kids to play on travel teams. Some families are getting multiple jobs and taking overtime to allow their child to have enough money to continue playing sports. One family even sold their car to cut down on payments. Another family cut out home repairs. Families are spending more money for their kids to go to club teams instead of spending the twenty some dollars on local …show more content…
The United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA), is a nonprofit with 501 status that organizations and promotes social welfare. The organization made $831,200 in compensation. The CEO got $831,000 out of it. The USSSA has tournaments held and ranks young sports players. The Dallas Cowboys have helped raise money to process payments for club teams. Dicks Sporting goods has helped set up online trackings for the youth. It has earned $39 million in fund. This money was used toward camps, private coaches, facilities, and other leagues. ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex is located at Disney and it helps collect revenue from tournament fees, hotel stays and theme-park tickets. The business hosted 385,285 athletes in
The cost of playing sports is one of the biggest issues and arguments of the industry. The article states that some families use 10% of their income on registration fees, equipment, travel costs, uniforms, and hotel stays. Families from all over the country are spending hundreds of dollars on private lessons and even more for the equipment used. In total, most high end families spend thousands of dollars a year for their kids to play on travel teams. Some families are getting multiple jobs and taking overtime to allow their child to have enough money to continue playing sports. One family even sold their car to cut down on payments. Another family cut out home repairs. Families are spending more money for their kids to go to club teams instead of spending the twenty some dollars on local …show more content…
The United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA), is a nonprofit with 501 status that organizations and promotes social welfare. The organization made $831,200 in compensation. The CEO got $831,000 out of it. The USSSA has tournaments held and ranks young sports players. The Dallas Cowboys have helped raise money to process payments for club teams. Dicks Sporting goods has helped set up online trackings for the youth. It has earned $39 million in fund. This money was used toward camps, private coaches, facilities, and other leagues. ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex is located at Disney and it helps collect revenue from tournament fees, hotel stays and theme-park tickets. The business hosted 385,285 athletes in