[mquirion]

It's probably all the "travel teams" pushing up the averages.

In my region travel teams for all sports are out of control. So long as you're willing to pay, your not-really-talented kid can play. And if your kid can't make the original travel team, or the one after that, or the one after that, someone is happy to fund their boat by creating another team.

[op00to]

haha i have no interest in taking my child further afield than the local soccer fields for soccer! i'm a horrible parent. :)