Every sport requires different equipment. Parents pay for new shoes, cleats, shorts, shin guards, and sometimes uniforms. With economies falling by the day, programs are no longer able to fund sports and/or extra activities. A solution to keep sport programs going is pay-to-play strategy. This strategy has every player pay an additional fee (playing fee) so that it can fund the programs. So, now the lack of funds goes off the programs back and onto the parents back, making them the ones to have to sacrifice for their child.
In this case I totally understand why certain programs have to incorporate this policy. I’d rather have this option then not having any opportunity at all. I know one program around my house has incorporated this but instead of charging a fee to play the actually sport, parents have to pay for a membership for their child, even if they’ll never go to this facility any other time. This does take a toll on certain families, but we are blessed in our community that there are certain businesses that will pay for under privileged kids to play sports and go to the facility. Pay-to-play for youth sports is here and it doesn’t look like its going to disappear. I’m for this as long as there is still the opportunity for our youth to be active in sports and anything to keep them physically active.
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