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Message: [QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 3213826, member: 1559"] It's not one sport. Most sports have issues with steering kids to playing year round or almost year round. In my opinion, if the commitment is 10 months at age 12 or 13, then it is year round. I see this is basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer, golf, lacrosse, ... And, "elite" teams can have different rules of participation. Some elite teams require kids to make every practice and every game or they will get suspended. I have written about this before. I was part of a group of parents that formed an AAU baseball team as the parents wanted the kids to be able to play multiple sports as we had a number of hockey and basketball players on the team and they were going to miss practices and some games. We hired a professional coach and rented facilities. Our costs were much lower (youth sports can be very profitable) and we never had a problem attracting kids as our model was what the kids and parents wanted. [/QUOTE]