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timenotwasted | 3 months ago

I feel like this article is trying to make this seem like this is becoming a widespread thing despite the entire thing being about hockey. In my experience hockey was always the sport that the wealthier households participated in due to the costs (equipment, rink time, travel, etc..).

As a parent with two younger kids I haven't run into this at all so I wonder how much of it is more sport dependent where the company controls the infrastructure. Maybe I'm being naive here but I struggle to imagine this is going to make its way very far into other sports where you simply are out in a field.

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dehrmann|3 months ago

> I haven't run into this at all so I wonder how much of it is more sport dependent where the company controls the infrastructure

My experience is with San Jose where I'd be really surprised to see this happen. There's a massive six-sheet facility owned by the city and managed by the parent company of the Sharks, so being good for the community and good for hockey might be enough without them having to resort to these tactics.

gedy|3 months ago

Yeah, while I know there's parents who get a little kooky about "MY KID IS GONNA BE THE NEXT ____", anything that gets too expensive or restrictive around what amounts to basically a ball and some grass ain't gonna fly with normal folks. We'll just go to the park.