It’s for the Kids, Right?
Prompt: ”Across the nation, kids of all skill levels, in virtually, every team sport, are getting swept up by a youth sports economy that…[is] siphoning expensive participation fees from parents of kids with little hope of making the high school varsity, let alone the pros”(Sean Gregory). Write an essay that responds to this quote by explaining Gregory’s argument and discussing the extent to which you agree or disagree with his analysis.
I do agree with Sean Gregory’s argument if you could go in that direction with it.
Use evidence from these 4 sources:
https://time.com/4913687/how-kids-sports-became-15-billion-industry/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/opinion/nike-running-mary-cain.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/28/sports/norway-youth-sports-model.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/learning/are-youth-sports-too-competitive.html