Game over: Middle-class and poor kids are ditching youth sports

Families earning $50,000 or less, middle and lower-income households cited cost as the top reason their kids don’t participate in organized sports.

An article published by Aimee Picchi, a writer from MoneyWatch, discusses the rising cost of playing youth sports, coupled with rising economic inequality, and how these factors are increasingly leading poor and even middle-class families unable to afford their children to participate in sports.

Works Cited

Picchi, Aimee. “Game over: Middle-Class and Poor Kids Are Ditching Youth Sports.” CBS News, CBS Interactive, 15 Aug. 2019, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uneven-playing-field-middle-class-and-poor-kids-are-ditching-youth-sports/.

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