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But how is private equity supposed to make a profit on that?
Soccer and basketball academiesSchools in the United States should be completely free or very low costFTFY
One of the biggest obstacles to participation in youth programs in the US isn’t money, it’s transportation and time. Having a parent available for hours on weeknights plus away games for months implies a solid middle class home before any dues are collected.
In more well resourced sports like football and baseball, getting the poor kids a ride home after practice and games is often essential for the program.
Not exactly. “Club sports” have become a way that a lot of children players are developed; it is now out of the ordinary that a kid only plays school varsity sports.
I think it should be more than that. I think communities in the US need to socially reorganize around community centers. They should have courts and fields for all major sports and a whole lot of the smaller sports, but we should think bigger. They should also be areas for groups for hobbies, interests, movie nights, stuff like that. The YMCA and American style private sport “club” teams have stepped into the gap, but that shouldn’t stop us from taking it back from private organizations and making these public.
Why just those two sports, in particular?
Because they are cheap to play.
Are the trainers and staff of the Academy cheap too?
What is a soccer or basketball “academy” and why should it be free?
