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Originally Posted by TimSJ
I posted this in the gear grinder but thought it might warrant its own thread for some discussion.
The amount of people and companies that will try and bleed as much money as possible out of you in youth sports these days.
The amount of showcases, scouting combines, spring hockey, winter baseball etc. It is getting ridiculous.
Had a baseball one this morning "xxxx would really like Will to attend the xxx Showcase later this month that i sent you after seeing him throw last night, they placed 9 of 18 seniors with scholarships last year from Atlantic Canada"
He's 13 in grade 8
no scout is looking at or cares about him.
The showcase is $275 for a couple of hours in the fieldhouse. Crazy.
its just constant and it doesn't matter what the sport is It is very easy to get sucked in to chase the dream
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The Showcase stuff is pretty nuts but the opportunities for young players is pretty cool if you don't go crazy. My 11 year old retired from hockey right before the season and we were worried that there wouldn't be much for him re. baseball over the winter.
The winter has been packed with academy stuff though, walk-in practice with ABA Teams, camps. The opportunity to get instruction from former MLB and collegiate, players and current coaches and scouts is really cool even in Calgary and has cost us less than what we would have paid for hockey.
At his academy, we had the option to pay for the Top 100 evaluation but as an 11 year old, nah. He's just excited to see his personal pop time, exit velo, and pitch speed changes. I would have eaten that up as a kid. We don't need to know how his grip strength compares to Acuna Jr's little brother or Adrian Beltre son's Arm speed. Pretty sure I know.