52. Little League | The Economics of Everyday Things
Youth baseball - long a widely accessible American pastime - has become overrun by $10,000-per-year, for-profit travel leagues. Zachary Crockett peers inside the dugout.
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This was a silly piece. Baseball for kids is not being 'overrun by $10,000-per-year, for-profit travel leagues'. There are plenty of teams coached and leagues organized by unpaid volunteers (mostly parents). To say baseball will fall apart if the cream of crop goes to travel leagues is ridiculous. Those leagues taking the exceptional players probably makes it more fun for those who stick with the traditional Little Leagues. I've coached Little Leaguers who ended up playing at Williamsport's WS, and very few of the parents I knew were high income professionals. Most worked on the production lines at Boeing's Seattle area plants. Kids sports are still mostly the products of grass roots organization. Milton Friedman would be thrilled by these private sector, beneficial groups for children done cooperatively. If the participation of black kids is lower than that of whites, I'd look to the much lower level of intact families among blacks. It might be an interesting research project for some economics grad students to see what percentage of imprisoned men ever played Little League baseball.
@4RMULA_arch
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as a black man who played in the old system (80s+90s): LL > babe ruth > VFW > american legion > high school > college > semi-pro and who is currently coaching his sons through LL and the transition to club/travel ball, your comment shows an incredibly disappointing level of bigotry and a complete disconnect from the current reality of youth sports in most major metro areas across the country.
@patricksullivan4329
Ай бұрын
@@4RMULA_arch What specifically, did I get wrong in your opinion?