SDTitans wrote:No matter how well informed parents are.. they will always fall for the lines..
your daughter is the best, she will get all the play time she can handle.
If you don't play for us, you will not get a scholarship..
We are here to develop(aka.. we want good players now, and all the wins we can squeeze out of them, then cast them aside for the new improved kid)
Come play for us.. we get scholarships.. we know all the coaches..
list goes on and on and on.. until the parents see it and go to leave, then the coach screams.. wheres your loyalty.. all the while the coach is always .. searching for someone to replace you..
sincerely
The used car salesman coach....
But parents are just as bad, always shopping their kid around like they are a prized possession.. always searching for that shinny trophy.. rather have their kid sit on the bench of a great team and brag about it, then her out there in the dirt working hard and earning everything.. etc etc
This post describes the situation pretty accurately and represents quite a few people.
To the poster that wants to call others ignorant. Let me point out since you are leaving yourself ignorant by not acknowledging and accepting that other people's opinions and feedback, how they think and interpret raising their kids in travel ball does exist and it's real. Is a factor that is part of this discussion. The intelligent feedback that has been offered to debate the subject means it is not ignorant it is actually well-thought-out. By you not accepting the well-thought-out intelligence you will remain ignorant. One track thinking in the travel ball world will trap you. If you don't want to recognize that then subject your kids to extra mayhem and crap that they don't need to be part of. You can make your parenting decision however you want.
It will never make sense in my mind to stay in a place where you are being mistreated and lied to. Whether that's a workplace , a marriage, it's a life decision and a lesson that can be learned. Leave their kid in a place that even the kid knows they've been lied to does not make good sense. But if that's the lesson you want to teach your kid to stay in a situation where you've been lied to and mistreated and you
justify that situation because you made some commitment to a liar. That includes
your ongoing money monthly paying for it. You can make that decision. But I'm not going to stay blind and be ignorant to it.
By the way good day to you also.