The fools-bet has been sold to parents by directors of the programs who will tell parents you MUST be in travel lax to play in college. While a agree with poster about maybe some folks playing to prepare for HS or to stay in lax shape, I still maintain that the overwhelmingly vast majority of parents/players are under the assumption that they will play college lax and get big $$ to do so.
I think you need to get over the fact that many parents have the financial means to have their kid play travel ball. I have been at this game for a long time and have never met a parent who is banking on a full ride D1 scholarship for girls lax. Sorry but this is no different than Hockey, Baseball and Soccer. Believe me travel lax is cheap compared to some other sports which also require12 month commitment. From your tone I can only infer that you are bitter and have resentment toward kids who play travel ball? AlI can say is too bad and sorry things didn't turn out better for you.
I agree. The cold, hard reality is that some parents can afford to have their kid play travel lax and not worry about the ROI from the scholarship their kid may get. I think most (but not all) parents know that lax scholly money is small and are okay with that. And, like the previous poster pointed out, travel lax is cheaper than hockey or soccer. The big scholly money is in the academic money a kid may get. Concentrate on that and get as much as you can, play your best lax and get a little financial help it and maybe, just maybe the parents won't have to shell out too much money per semester to send you to college. A 20% athletic scholly is considered about average or good.
