Youth Sports Used to be For Kids: Now It's a $40 Billion Industry | The Deep

Youth sports used to mean sandlots, Saturday mornings, and cheering on your kid brother. Now it’s Big Business, travel teams, injuries, and 70% of kids quitting by 13. In this episode of The Deep, Erika takes on elite youth sports culture – and makes the case for bringing back sports with a soul.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro: Youth sports isn’t what it used to be
2:07 - Cost, expectations, and injuries
4:34 - Cognitive dissonance, kids abandoning sports
7:04 - Toxic effects on communities
8:15 - Objections: “Quit whining”
10:09 - The good of sports for society
13:58 - An important story 
16:15 - Conclusion: How do we fix youth sports?

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