They’re doing the same thing to sports they did to music education. Many of the greatest musicians to ever live first touched an instrument at SCHOOL. That became an opportunity for the poor to move up socioeconomically. Especially Black kids.
Same can be said for what And1 league was. Cities taking hoops out of neighborhoods, creating private schools to recruit from, etc. All of it is to control the opportunities for poor kids and kids of color to get educations or access to wealth.
It’s that deep.
NEW: Youth sports is now costing parents as much as $25,000 a year.
Private equity and corporations are turning a childhood pastime into something only the wealthy can afford.
Youth sports has become a $40 billion industry, and the steep costs are crushing American families.