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As Roger has pointed out several times, there is a participation crisis in youth athletics. Anecdotally, we’ve noted that money seems to be a culprit. A recent study from Aspen Institute bears that out very clearly, with youth sports participation turning into a mirror of our larger, two-tiered iceberg society of haves and have-nots:
....In 2018, only 38% of kids aged 6 to 12 played team sports on a regular basis -- down from 45% a decade earlier -- and it decided to find out why...
The Aspen Institute found the average amount of spending on sport was approximately $692.