As a parent, I’ve been able to save my kids from CCSD. I feel bad for the families and parents who can’t get out. Usually, that’s because the parents work shifts and can’t drive their kids to a charter school.
On the one hand, I’m grateful my kids have a good school. On the other hand, it is an absolute injustice to the kids left behind in CCSD schools. If there were no charter schools, there would be enough angry parents to take down, and break up CCSD. Until then, those who personally benefit from the status quo (administrators, politicians and teachers unions) will keep CCSD going forever. CCSD will NEVER be broken up. Awful.
My daughter just graduated from Palo Verde. We loved her teachers and her counselor became a family friend. Previously, my kids went to Las Vegas Day School. Don’t get me started. . . .
The surprising thing about CCSD is how unequal it is. My kid’s elementary school is phenomenal. As are other random schools. Then there are others that are awful. Seems to be that if you are in a rich area and get a good principal, its pretty good in spite of the district.
Ironically, those who defend the status quo use this quite often. They will cite the horrific performance of the schools in impoverished parts of town as a reason CCSD cannot be broken up. They argue that if CCSD is broken up, then these schools will be forgotten. Hey bud. CCSD already *DID* forget these schools. Giving them their own district (with additional funding) will force policymakers to actually confront how we are absolutely doing wrong to these kids. CCSD allows these failing schools to be hidden by balancing them out with decent schools in affluent areas.
We will see how much he actually does. He is not a MAGA true believer, but will make all the fealty necessary to protect himself. That may involve real action here or it may not.
Well for heaven’s sake, let’s argue immigration enforcement again. . . . . I am happy to once again cite the criminal statutes for you.
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August 11, 2025 10:59 am
I work with almost exclusively Latino clients, but not in immigration. One of the things that has surprised me most during all this is how many clients have told me, “I should have taken care of this over the last x number of years I have lived here, but never did. I was so dumb…” For those that work in immigration, I have a couple questions. Is is really true that most people could have sought citizenship sooner and never did? There seems to be that many people here illegally that never felt really motivated to do anything about it, are their bad actors out there telling people it isn’t necessary or is it just procrastination and human nature? Not trying to make any political points, just genuinely curious. I have had probably 50 clients tell say the same thing to me by now.
In decades long past, being undocumented meant not being able to access government benefits like food stamps, Section 8 housing, Medicaid, etc. But at some point in the past 30 years or so, being undocumented stopped being an impediment to receiving these government handouts. In the name of equity or fairness or compassion (or whatever), leaders decided it was the right thing to do to take taxpayer money and give it to undocumented people.
So, since the gravy train became available irrespective of immigration status, any previous motivation to “take care of this” was eliminated. Why spend money, effort, and time to become a citizen or a permanent resident when you don’t have to?
There are many unitended consequences of having a welfare state.
Qualifying for Medicaid and emergency Medicaid are two different things. These undocumented people aren’t usually qualifying for normal Medicaid, just emergency Medicaid to cover life threatening surgeries/child births, etc. Emergency Medicaid is intended to compensate the hospitals (which are mandated to provide emergency medicine to anyone regardless of ability to pay)–not to benefit undocumented folks.
This is wholly untrue; undocumented individuals are ineligible for federally-funded benefits (with the exception of emergency Medicaid, which as the name suggests is for life-saving treatment only, it does not provide general health care coverage). They are not eligible for SNAP (food stamps) or Section 8 housing.
Undocumented people may be eligible for state-funded benefits, such as TANF, if that state permits it. Most states do not, and even amongst the states which do, the benefits are very limited. California is really the only exception where undocumented persons can access both state-funded healthcare and food benefits. But again, California’s programs are NOT funded by federal tax funds in any way, they are solely state-funded.
There is no state that “looks the other way” when it comes to someone’s immigration status in regards to public benefits, it’s one of the first things the social services office is going to determine.
I have not seen anything to suggest it is prevalent at all. For the period 2019 to 2023, the US Sentencing Commission reports that between 274 to 790 individuals were sentenced for government benefits fraud per year (2,464 total in this period). 90.7% of those sentenced in this time period were US citizens.
If someone gets out in front of his immigation status and works with a competent immigation practitioner, there are multiple ways to obtain legal status which do not involve first returning to the home country and then re-entering.
The process is not easy; but it can be done. It is a relatively expensive process and requires a commitment that not many in that situation are willing make, or are not able to commit the resources to make. This is especially so given how easy it is to make a decent life in the US, even as an undocumented person. And the process naturally requires that the applicant has lived a crime-free life while in the US without status, which disqualifies a fair number of people in this situation.
As with most situations, it’s easier if you go to them than if they catch you.
This is implying that there are options to get a green card for regular undocumented people that don’t involve family based petitions. If so, that is news to me. Most people don’t adjust status because they have no basis to.
12:12 PM–With the millions of undocumented Mexicans, for example, how can they become legal. We hired a Spanish speaking receptionist who had fake social security numbers. She had a son who was a citizen. But she and her husband were illegal and undocumented. We had to fire her. She thought there was a way to become legal but there was not. The firm hired/consulted with an Immigration specialist who advised there was no pathway for her and the millions like her to become citizens. So how does this work? Even when employers are advised of fake social security numbers many don’t take action.
The employee simply gets another fake number. With driver’s licenses, driver authorization cards and state IDs, these undocumented residents simply live like they are citizens or resident aliens.
My dad has been a Legal Permanent Resident (Green Card) for about 50 years. At any point he could have applied for citizenship but he never did. I’ve been begging him to become a citizen for decades, but he’s stubborn. Dad is conservative, he watches a lot of Fox News and he has always thought Green Card holders—especially from his country—were safe from any conservative immigration policy. He has always supported mass deportation of undocumented people.
Now, dad is worried the President is going to start targeting Green Card holders because the people on Fox News used to talk about deporting “illegals,” but now they talk about deporting “immigrants.” Dad is pretty old but he finally wants to go through the citizenship process, and I’m happy to help him.
The point is, I think many non-citizens are coming to the realization that the time is now.
Dad has also made clear that if he’s a citizen he’s going to vote for Trump in 2028. Oh well.
He spends 30+ hours a week with Greg Gutfield and Laura Inghram and the rest of that clan and I only get him for a couple hours every weekend. I can’t really compete with indoctrination like that.
“dad is brainwashed”
Just stop it. May be it is you that is brainwashed. Regardless, that Dem or nothing thinking is not helpful, even if you think a flip remark is “smart”
Why? Because the law says so? Who is going to enforce it? A trump-picked panel of judges?
I’m not saying we aren’t fighting, or that you shouldn’t fight. I’m saying that depending on arguments like “because that’s what the goddamned Constitution FUCKING SAYS” is not enough these days.
Do people like you really exist? As in, do you really, honestly believe Trump is going to run again and will railroad anyone trying to stop him? I hope you are not a lawyer.
@10:59: This is what I assume is actually going on when people say “I should have taken care of this sooner.”
It is not undocumented people with no path to citizenship. It is green card holders who never saw the difference between being a legal permanent resident and being a citizen.
I think most undocumented individuals would have jumped at the chance to obtain documents if it had existed for them and they knew about it. Most simply have no available path.
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August 11, 2025 11:15 am
The “Property ownership” story shows that attorneys should not shoot their mouths off in cases in which they do not know was was going on. “Matthew Knepper, managing partner for Nevada Bankruptcy Attorneys, confirmed that when someone legally surrenders their home through Chapter 13 bankruptcy, ‘the lender will be the one responsible for overseeing or maintaining the property.'”
Not true. I do lender/creditor side bankruptcy. Matt used to do creditor side bankruptcy representing lenders and servicers; he knows better. Matt either got misquoted or intentionally got it wrong for marketing purposes. Surrender is a relinquishment of claims; it does not vest title in the lender. It does nor force the lender to foreclose or to take on maintenance of the property. Unless there was an approved forced vesting in these peoples’ plan, these people still own the property and are still liable to maintain it. Sorry I dont feel bad for people who intentionally allow their homes to become dangerous drug dens and then try to blame Metro, their neighbors and their lawyer for failure to maintain their house.
I should add so I am not hypocritical– was there a forced vesting in the homeowners’ plan? I dont know what their plan says. I presume not because the assessor and recorder records say that these people still are on title to this house. But when the article states “‘All of the above. They own the home now,’ referring to options like selling or renting”, this lender did not and does now own this home. That assertion is belied by simply checking the property records.
DeLuca is moving to withdraw from the case and asking it be heard on an OST. If what Knepper said is what he mistakenly believed, this could be a move to distance this from a malpractice possibility. However, Knepper should have known that his clients are owners until the foreclosure sale is final.
I think is moving to withdraw because these clients the Peggs sound like they are willing to blame everyone but themselves, including their attorney. Once your clients go to Channel 13 and say that it is the attorney’s fault that someone was murdered in their house, I think you have to withdraw. But yes Knepper should have known that the clients are owners until the foreclosure sale is final.
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August 11, 2025 11:48 am
Just did the math on all the kids extracurriculars. Three kids, about $500 a week.
With my kids its not the money, its the time. If you want your kid to do any kind of sports after about 8, you have to commit to the real deal, I believe my kid is going to the pros, this is were my identity as a person comes from, travel leagues. And those crazies want to do practices every day and two games a week. I’m exaggerating, but just a little. Anyone interested in starting a chill, lets just have fun and let the kids run around league with me? Don’t even really care what sport we choose. Just want to get my kids out of the house haha
Sort of true. My son is 12 and plays soccer recreationally(indoor and outdoor). He is not fantastic and is not going pro in anything other than an academic pursuit. But he likes it. Practice 1 night a week; game 1 day a week. You asked about a chill, lets just have fun and let the kids run around league. They exist through the City and through the Y. The key to a a chill, lets just have fun and let the kids run around league is the parents understanding and reinforcing that its a a chill, lets just have fun and let the kids run around league.
The funny part of these travel ball leagues is that they are all just giant scams. Every one of them. The stroke the egos of delusional parents who in turn stroke checks. If your kid is on a travel team, you’re getting scammed, your kid isn’t going pro, or even playing in college, and we’re all laughing at you.
I looked into club soccer for my daughter–not because she was going to go pro or even play in college, but because it provided much better structure and much more exercise than her rec league.
Stop. There are big pluses to playing travel sports. For one, it allows kids to travel with their teammates and friends. I played travel sports growing up and those travel tournaments are some fond memories. Plus travel sports provides better level coaching and competition. There are lessons to be had from playing competitive sports as kids that can translate into their development. Long story short, I played travel sports growing up and am thankful to my parents that they provided me the opportunity to do so (and I wasn’t close to even getting a college scholarship, let alone going pro).
I played travel sports also and there is absolutely a place for it in kids’ lives. But there is also a place for rec league, show up and run around for an hour and have fun.
I wish I could like this comment 100 times. Every time I hear a colleague talk about their child’s competition or travel game/tournament, I roll my eyes. The best is when they post videos of the kid in their sport and it’s obvious the kid’s going no where far. It’s all about the $$. Is there some good talent? Of course, so everyone hold your horses.
Agree 100%…..my kids are in high school now and there was nothing but fear and lies from the soccer clubs. Give us your $300 a month (not including new kits every six months, travel for tournaments, coaches fees, paying for the coaches’ hotel and meals on trips, etc.) and your kid can try out for our “elite” club, if they pay for the private lessons you might get the MLS Next invite, now it’s ODP (whatever the hell that is). It was hard to watch and after a while annoying to be on the sideline with working class parents pouring much of their extra income into these clubs to watch their kid sit on the bench or get garbage time at the end of a three day tournament we traveled to in San Diego, Phoenix, L.A…..it should be criminal how the clubs (usually a British guy runs the club and a guy who played one year in a Mexican minor league is the coach) makes these parents believe their kid is going to get a scholarship or straight to the pros – sorry, that kid isn’t even a started on a team with 19 kids and only 12 consistently play. Do the math, it’s a money making scheme!
My kids played rec league. It was enough. One of my kids is likely playing D1 sports, so I won’t need to pay for his college. He played one year of rec league in the sport prior to high school.
I wish someone would start a program with rec league level play for high school students. The city rec centers stop at 14, with the exception of pickleball. Some kids aren’t interested in trying a specific sport until later, but the club sport kids have mostly been playing for years by high school and there’s no opportunity for beginner (older) kids who just want to play for fun.
One Thousand Percent. I like the City leagues. They are affordable and fun. Yes, their scheduling is not always easily controlled but it is much more about having fun out there. We don’t need ringers and cut throat competition in an under 10 league. But also, basically after 12 (maybe to 14 in a couple instance) the rec league is non existent from what i’ve found. Maybe the Y or Boys and Girls club? I don’t know.
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August 11, 2025 6:48 pm
Glad Trump finally nationalized in D.C. if you’ve been there recently you would’ve seen a real cesspool.
Read an article saying its the lowest enrollment in CCSD in 20 years. Is anyone suprised?
As a parent, I’ve been able to save my kids from CCSD. I feel bad for the families and parents who can’t get out. Usually, that’s because the parents work shifts and can’t drive their kids to a charter school.
On the one hand, I’m grateful my kids have a good school. On the other hand, it is an absolute injustice to the kids left behind in CCSD schools. If there were no charter schools, there would be enough angry parents to take down, and break up CCSD. Until then, those who personally benefit from the status quo (administrators, politicians and teachers unions) will keep CCSD going forever. CCSD will NEVER be broken up. Awful.
My daughter just graduated from Palo Verde. We loved her teachers and her counselor became a family friend. Previously, my kids went to Las Vegas Day School. Don’t get me started. . . .
The surprising thing about CCSD is how unequal it is. My kid’s elementary school is phenomenal. As are other random schools. Then there are others that are awful. Seems to be that if you are in a rich area and get a good principal, its pretty good in spite of the district.
Ironically, those who defend the status quo use this quite often. They will cite the horrific performance of the schools in impoverished parts of town as a reason CCSD cannot be broken up. They argue that if CCSD is broken up, then these schools will be forgotten. Hey bud. CCSD already *DID* forget these schools. Giving them their own district (with additional funding) will force policymakers to actually confront how we are absolutely doing wrong to these kids. CCSD allows these failing schools to be hidden by balancing them out with decent schools in affluent areas.
I don’t mind Lombardo doing this.
We will see how much he actually does. He is not a MAGA true believer, but will make all the fealty necessary to protect himself. That may involve real action here or it may not.
I mind Lombardo doing this.
Well for heaven’s sake, let’s argue immigration enforcement again. . . . . I am happy to once again cite the criminal statutes for you.
I work with almost exclusively Latino clients, but not in immigration. One of the things that has surprised me most during all this is how many clients have told me, “I should have taken care of this over the last x number of years I have lived here, but never did. I was so dumb…” For those that work in immigration, I have a couple questions. Is is really true that most people could have sought citizenship sooner and never did? There seems to be that many people here illegally that never felt really motivated to do anything about it, are their bad actors out there telling people it isn’t necessary or is it just procrastination and human nature? Not trying to make any political points, just genuinely curious. I have had probably 50 clients tell say the same thing to me by now.
Interesting. Hope someone answers this question.
In decades long past, being undocumented meant not being able to access government benefits like food stamps, Section 8 housing, Medicaid, etc. But at some point in the past 30 years or so, being undocumented stopped being an impediment to receiving these government handouts. In the name of equity or fairness or compassion (or whatever), leaders decided it was the right thing to do to take taxpayer money and give it to undocumented people.
So, since the gravy train became available irrespective of immigration status, any previous motivation to “take care of this” was eliminated. Why spend money, effort, and time to become a citizen or a permanent resident when you don’t have to?
There are many unitended consequences of having a welfare state.
I don’t think illegal immigrants are eligible for most of those programs. Of course, doesn’t mean they don’t. It isn’t hard to get a fake social.
Many states, especially in the west, do not require legal status for Medicaid eligibility. It’s kind of a look the other way thing.
Qualifying for Medicaid and emergency Medicaid are two different things. These undocumented people aren’t usually qualifying for normal Medicaid, just emergency Medicaid to cover life threatening surgeries/child births, etc. Emergency Medicaid is intended to compensate the hospitals (which are mandated to provide emergency medicine to anyone regardless of ability to pay)–not to benefit undocumented folks.
This is wholly untrue; undocumented individuals are ineligible for federally-funded benefits (with the exception of emergency Medicaid, which as the name suggests is for life-saving treatment only, it does not provide general health care coverage). They are not eligible for SNAP (food stamps) or Section 8 housing.
Undocumented people may be eligible for state-funded benefits, such as TANF, if that state permits it. Most states do not, and even amongst the states which do, the benefits are very limited. California is really the only exception where undocumented persons can access both state-funded healthcare and food benefits. But again, California’s programs are NOT funded by federal tax funds in any way, they are solely state-funded.
There is no state that “looks the other way” when it comes to someone’s immigration status in regards to public benefits, it’s one of the first things the social services office is going to determine.
How prevalent do you think people using fake socials to get these programs are?
I have not seen anything to suggest it is prevalent at all. For the period 2019 to 2023, the US Sentencing Commission reports that between 274 to 790 individuals were sentenced for government benefits fraud per year (2,464 total in this period). 90.7% of those sentenced in this time period were US citizens.
https://www.ussc.gov/research/quick-facts/government-benefits-fraud
Immigation practitioner here.
If someone gets out in front of his immigation status and works with a competent immigation practitioner, there are multiple ways to obtain legal status which do not involve first returning to the home country and then re-entering.
The process is not easy; but it can be done. It is a relatively expensive process and requires a commitment that not many in that situation are willing make, or are not able to commit the resources to make. This is especially so given how easy it is to make a decent life in the US, even as an undocumented person. And the process naturally requires that the applicant has lived a crime-free life while in the US without status, which disqualifies a fair number of people in this situation.
As with most situations, it’s easier if you go to them than if they catch you.
This is implying that there are options to get a green card for regular undocumented people that don’t involve family based petitions. If so, that is news to me. Most people don’t adjust status because they have no basis to.
Family
Employment
Asylum
Domestic violence victim
Childhood entry
How much you say the process costs these days for your average person? 5k? 10k?
12:12 PM–With the millions of undocumented Mexicans, for example, how can they become legal. We hired a Spanish speaking receptionist who had fake social security numbers. She had a son who was a citizen. But she and her husband were illegal and undocumented. We had to fire her. She thought there was a way to become legal but there was not. The firm hired/consulted with an Immigration specialist who advised there was no pathway for her and the millions like her to become citizens. So how does this work? Even when employers are advised of fake social security numbers many don’t take action.
The employee simply gets another fake number. With driver’s licenses, driver authorization cards and state IDs, these undocumented residents simply live like they are citizens or resident aliens.
My dad has been a Legal Permanent Resident (Green Card) for about 50 years. At any point he could have applied for citizenship but he never did. I’ve been begging him to become a citizen for decades, but he’s stubborn. Dad is conservative, he watches a lot of Fox News and he has always thought Green Card holders—especially from his country—were safe from any conservative immigration policy. He has always supported mass deportation of undocumented people.
Now, dad is worried the President is going to start targeting Green Card holders because the people on Fox News used to talk about deporting “illegals,” but now they talk about deporting “immigrants.” Dad is pretty old but he finally wants to go through the citizenship process, and I’m happy to help him.
The point is, I think many non-citizens are coming to the realization that the time is now.
Dad has also made clear that if he’s a citizen he’s going to vote for Trump in 2028. Oh well.
Dad sounds MEGA based. Best of luck with his citizenship!
We will be lucky to have him!
No, dad is brainwashed.
He spends 30+ hours a week with Greg Gutfield and Laura Inghram and the rest of that clan and I only get him for a couple hours every weekend. I can’t really compete with indoctrination like that.
“dad is brainwashed”
Just stop it. May be it is you that is brainwashed. Regardless, that Dem or nothing thinking is not helpful, even if you think a flip remark is “smart”
Please tell dad (and anyone else that needs to hear it) that Trump cannot run in 2028.
Why? Because the law says so? Who is going to enforce it? A trump-picked panel of judges?
I’m not saying we aren’t fighting, or that you shouldn’t fight. I’m saying that depending on arguments like “because that’s what the goddamned Constitution FUCKING SAYS” is not enough these days.
Do people like you really exist? As in, do you really, honestly believe Trump is going to run again and will railroad anyone trying to stop him? I hope you are not a lawyer.
Why believe something he has said repeatedly?
@10:59: This is what I assume is actually going on when people say “I should have taken care of this sooner.”
It is not undocumented people with no path to citizenship. It is green card holders who never saw the difference between being a legal permanent resident and being a citizen.
I think most undocumented individuals would have jumped at the chance to obtain documents if it had existed for them and they knew about it. Most simply have no available path.
The “Property ownership” story shows that attorneys should not shoot their mouths off in cases in which they do not know was was going on. “Matthew Knepper, managing partner for Nevada Bankruptcy Attorneys, confirmed that when someone legally surrenders their home through Chapter 13 bankruptcy, ‘the lender will be the one responsible for overseeing or maintaining the property.'”
Not true. I do lender/creditor side bankruptcy. Matt used to do creditor side bankruptcy representing lenders and servicers; he knows better. Matt either got misquoted or intentionally got it wrong for marketing purposes. Surrender is a relinquishment of claims; it does not vest title in the lender. It does nor force the lender to foreclose or to take on maintenance of the property. Unless there was an approved forced vesting in these peoples’ plan, these people still own the property and are still liable to maintain it. Sorry I dont feel bad for people who intentionally allow their homes to become dangerous drug dens and then try to blame Metro, their neighbors and their lawyer for failure to maintain their house.
I should add so I am not hypocritical– was there a forced vesting in the homeowners’ plan? I dont know what their plan says. I presume not because the assessor and recorder records say that these people still are on title to this house. But when the article states “‘All of the above. They own the home now,’ referring to options like selling or renting”, this lender did not and does now own this home. That assertion is belied by simply checking the property records.
https://maps.clarkcountynv.gov/assessor/AssessorParcelDetail/parceldetail.aspx?hdnParcel=12529807015&hdnInstance=pcl7
DeLuca is moving to withdraw from the case and asking it be heard on an OST. If what Knepper said is what he mistakenly believed, this could be a move to distance this from a malpractice possibility. However, Knepper should have known that his clients are owners until the foreclosure sale is final.
I think is moving to withdraw because these clients the Peggs sound like they are willing to blame everyone but themselves, including their attorney. Once your clients go to Channel 13 and say that it is the attorney’s fault that someone was murdered in their house, I think you have to withdraw. But yes Knepper should have known that the clients are owners until the foreclosure sale is final.
Just did the math on all the kids extracurriculars. Three kids, about $500 a week.
good thing you’re a lawyer.
Hopefully your mortgage doesn’t have a 6.0+% interest rate. Or hopefully you’re pulling in $220,000 a year or more.
OP. I make well over $220k. My kids make it feel like $50k, but I love them and can’t think of a better use of my $
The most important question is what kind of law you practice.
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Please breakdown the extra curriculars and cost. Thanks in advance.
OP. It’s a combination of sports, instruments (music lessons), scouting and some other stuff.
Tell the kid to break out the popcorn sales skills.
Our fam is a hard no on the popcorn sales. We’ll just pay a higher fee.
Done right, it’s actually not a bad experience and the scout learns useful skills. Done poorly, and it’s begging for donations with more steps.
That’s not to say that the same skills couldn’t be learned by other fundraisers, though.
With my kids its not the money, its the time. If you want your kid to do any kind of sports after about 8, you have to commit to the real deal, I believe my kid is going to the pros, this is were my identity as a person comes from, travel leagues. And those crazies want to do practices every day and two games a week. I’m exaggerating, but just a little. Anyone interested in starting a chill, lets just have fun and let the kids run around league with me? Don’t even really care what sport we choose. Just want to get my kids out of the house haha
Sort of true. My son is 12 and plays soccer recreationally(indoor and outdoor). He is not fantastic and is not going pro in anything other than an academic pursuit. But he likes it. Practice 1 night a week; game 1 day a week. You asked about a chill, lets just have fun and let the kids run around league. They exist through the City and through the Y. The key to a a chill, lets just have fun and let the kids run around league is the parents understanding and reinforcing that its a a chill, lets just have fun and let the kids run around league.
The funny part of these travel ball leagues is that they are all just giant scams. Every one of them. The stroke the egos of delusional parents who in turn stroke checks. If your kid is on a travel team, you’re getting scammed, your kid isn’t going pro, or even playing in college, and we’re all laughing at you.
I looked into club soccer for my daughter–not because she was going to go pro or even play in college, but because it provided much better structure and much more exercise than her rec league.
Wait until they get to high school and the School coach runs the Club team.
Don’t join the club team and pay all of its fees and expenses? Your kid does NOT play much on the HS squad but rides the bench.
Stop. There are big pluses to playing travel sports. For one, it allows kids to travel with their teammates and friends. I played travel sports growing up and those travel tournaments are some fond memories. Plus travel sports provides better level coaching and competition. There are lessons to be had from playing competitive sports as kids that can translate into their development. Long story short, I played travel sports growing up and am thankful to my parents that they provided me the opportunity to do so (and I wasn’t close to even getting a college scholarship, let alone going pro).
I played travel sports also and there is absolutely a place for it in kids’ lives. But there is also a place for rec league, show up and run around for an hour and have fun.
I wish I could like this comment 100 times. Every time I hear a colleague talk about their child’s competition or travel game/tournament, I roll my eyes. The best is when they post videos of the kid in their sport and it’s obvious the kid’s going no where far. It’s all about the $$. Is there some good talent? Of course, so everyone hold your horses.
Agree 100%…..my kids are in high school now and there was nothing but fear and lies from the soccer clubs. Give us your $300 a month (not including new kits every six months, travel for tournaments, coaches fees, paying for the coaches’ hotel and meals on trips, etc.) and your kid can try out for our “elite” club, if they pay for the private lessons you might get the MLS Next invite, now it’s ODP (whatever the hell that is). It was hard to watch and after a while annoying to be on the sideline with working class parents pouring much of their extra income into these clubs to watch their kid sit on the bench or get garbage time at the end of a three day tournament we traveled to in San Diego, Phoenix, L.A…..it should be criminal how the clubs (usually a British guy runs the club and a guy who played one year in a Mexican minor league is the coach) makes these parents believe their kid is going to get a scholarship or straight to the pros – sorry, that kid isn’t even a started on a team with 19 kids and only 12 consistently play. Do the math, it’s a money making scheme!
Thanks for the therapy session…..
My kids played rec league. It was enough. One of my kids is likely playing D1 sports, so I won’t need to pay for his college. He played one year of rec league in the sport prior to high school.
I wish someone would start a program with rec league level play for high school students. The city rec centers stop at 14, with the exception of pickleball. Some kids aren’t interested in trying a specific sport until later, but the club sport kids have mostly been playing for years by high school and there’s no opportunity for beginner (older) kids who just want to play for fun.
Yes. It’s like if you’re 14 and didn’t make a club team, sports are over. WHY???? So dumb.
One Thousand Percent. I like the City leagues. They are affordable and fun. Yes, their scheduling is not always easily controlled but it is much more about having fun out there. We don’t need ringers and cut throat competition in an under 10 league. But also, basically after 12 (maybe to 14 in a couple instance) the rec league is non existent from what i’ve found. Maybe the Y or Boys and Girls club? I don’t know.
Glad Trump finally nationalized in D.C. if you’ve been there recently you would’ve seen a real cesspool.
The fascists are among us.