Joshua Ortegon

@JoshuaOrtegon

Oct 30

Chris Dearing@CDearing82

Oct 30

Mikel Corbett scores from a yard out and that should close it out. @HammondFootball leads 51-14, 26 seconds remaining. Clock is running

Joshua Ortegon

@JoshuaOrtegon

Jul 9

Michael Redd

@MichaelRedd_

Jul 8

Everybody's arguing about youth sports right now, whether it's too expensive, whether pay-to-play is killing our development. I can't speak on soccer, don't know that world. But I know hoops. Lived it as a player, lived it as a dad, and I run a program too.

And here's what I know. The "it's too expensive to develop talent" argument doesn't hold up the way people think, at least not in hoop.

Yeah, most parents are getting bled dry on team fees and tournament costs and hotels. No doubt. But the kids who actually make it? The real 1%? They're not paying a dime. A lot of them, in fact, are getting paid, under the table or over it.

Many of the great ones get ID'd early and everything flips. The sneaker brands come. The grassroots circuit takes care of them. Wealthy folks who just love hoops want them at their prep school, their AAU team, their college. The bill disappears.

So yeah. The 99% are getting killed out here. But the 1%, the ones who actually land as DI starters and NBA players, never see that bill.

Maybe that's good, maybe it's bad. I'm just telling you what I've seen.

Joshua Ortegon

@JoshuaOrtegon

Jul 8

Etan

@EtanBoss

Jul 7

Landon Donovan says America is missing soccer talent because kids can’t afford to play.

“Only 2% of kids playing organized soccer in America came from households that made less than $50,000.”

“If you don’t make $50,000, your kid cannot play organized soccer.”

“Think about how g out on in this country because they can’t afford to play the game.”

“There is zero chance I could have played club soccer.”

“My mom made $34,000 a year, single mom raising three kids.”

“She couldn’t pay $4,000 for me to play club. Are you kidding? She couldn’t pay $400.”

“That’s not a good system to create good players.”