Episode 14 (The Odyssey and Business of Youth Sports)

Growing up sports was a part of life. After school meeting up with friends to play basketball or football, maybe even making a up a game with a tennis ball and a wall. In today's world it seems that the pressure to find your child's natural talent and elevate it as early as possible is the difference between playing in college or never playing the sport at all. The business of travel sports teams in elementary school and Middle school is at an all time high and with the NCAA rule change on athlete marketability the pressure that comes with these expectations may be too much. In today's episode we discuss this system of sport and how it affects the kids, parents, and the sport itself.