I recently heard the story about a family in Chicago whose son wrestled in high school. He was ranked number one in the state and fifth in the world. The family was, however, living in an apartment after their house was foreclosed on. They had used a significant portion of their family’s financial resources to pay for coaching, camps, tournaments, and travel. They are anticipating college scholarship money.
Sports programs have insidiously evolved over the last few decades from a casual summer softball or football league to an intense, often costly journey that begins in toddlerhood and ends…I’m not quite sure where. It’s seems that many are in pursuit of college scholarship money or professional sport’s salaries.
After giving the story about the young wrestler some thought, I realized that my fifteen-year-old son had already earned $36,000 in scholarship money for NOT playing hockey. This is the amount of money that I did not spend on skating lessons, league fees, camps, new skates, private coaching, equipment, and weekend travel for a family of six. He even has three more years left before college to NOT play hockey and earn another $10,800.
Just a thought!
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