“This is a big deal in youth travel baseball.”
This may be a good time to step back and ask yourself if you (and your family) are spending their time and money wisely.
I apologize if you are insulted, but sometimes one gets caught up in races and never contemplates the larger picture.
“This may be a good time to step back and ask yourself if you (and your family) are spending their time and money wisely.”
This is just one event in travel baseball.
What Is Travel Ball?
Youth travel baseball falls under moneymaking organizations like USSSA baseball and others to provide weekend tournaments for teams.
Anyone can start a travel team and meet the requirements, pay the entry fees and sign up for the travel baseball tournaments usually play at least two travel tournaments per month.
Teams often travel up to a few hours for travel ball tournaments and some even travel across the country from state to state and play. Others will play in local metropolitan areas and not have to stay overnight.
Travel teams play at least four games over the weekend and even more on three-day weekends.
Baseball teams are formed by like-minded dads who end up coaching the teams so they can make sure their kid gets to play on the traveling teams. They get other baseball moms and baseball dads to buy into their team group, pay the fees, buy the baseball uniforms, and make up a name and presto-we have a travel baseball team.
Some groups are multi-layered and often have a series of up to 5 or 6 teams at all different age groups.
I spend most of my free time (time away from the office) working with my kids, including coaching their baseball teams. I am happy to do it and enjoy working with the boys. I will gladly use my time and talents to help these boys. Cooperstown is a big deal for these kids and I want to help them get there. The money I spend for the boys are discretionary funds. Sure, I could use it to buy something for myself, but I have all that I need, and really all that I want. Since watching my sons play the game they love brings me great pleasure, I really am getting a personal benefit from it.
You may not see that as wise use of funds, but for me, it is. We are entitled to our opinions. You were respectful in how you presented it, so I was not insulted.