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TexasTowelie

(128,019 posts) Fri May 1, 2026, 12:56 PM Friday

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We Investigated The $40 Billion Youth Sports Industry. What We Found Will Shock You. - More Perfect Union

Youth sports is now costing parents as much as $25,000 a year.

Private equity and corporations are turning a childhood pastime into something only the wealthy can afford.

Youth sports has become a $40 billion industry, and the steep costs are crushing American families.

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We Investigated The $40 Billion Youth Sports Industry. What We Found Will Shock You. - More Perfect Union (Original Post) TexasTowelie Friday OP

The entire sphere of sport has been captured by the wealthy malaise Friday #1

Music and other arts too IbogaProject Friday #2

Indeed malaise Friday #3

malaise

(297,559 posts)

1. The entire sphere of sport has been captured by the wealthy

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2026, 01:08 PM

Friday

and not just in the US.
Folks cannot afford tickets for live games.

IbogaProject

(6,037 posts)

2. Music and other arts too

Reply to malaise (Reply #1)

Fri May 1, 2026, 02:32 PM

Friday

There are few up and coming artists from the lower classes lately especially in music.

malaise

(297,559 posts)

3. Indeed

Reply to IbogaProject (Reply #2)

Fri May 1, 2026, 03:17 PM

Friday

They buy out everyone and everything. Equality is a myth these days.
Community is dead.

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