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Police Called On 3-Year-Old Black Boy Because He Was Too Good At Soccer (blacksportsonline.com)

submitted 5 days ago by slothrop@lemmy.ca to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/usa/p/1271268/police-called-on-3-year-old-black-boy-because-he-was-too-good-at-soccer

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[–] NotAnOtter@lemmus.org 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah but when they get there, there isn't a marked soccer field with 2 goals and 15 other kids all wearing matching uniforms.

You're paying for the orchestration and scheduling of the games

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com -2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Not fucking $600 I'm not. That's a car payment. My friends and I were always able to make do with sticks or fence posts or whatever and organize games. That was before we even had cell phones. You don't even need organized teams and uniforms for a bunch of little children to just fuck around.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Sports league dues for kids get really expensive. My grandson is in the local basketball league and the annual fee is over $1000, and then we're charged $30 to attend the games.

The first year, there was a call to all relatives to pitch in if they could. I don't know since how they've been affording it.

TMI, Maybe

I'm also now out of contact with Master D, since his grandma and I divorced in 2024. It was a bit of a drive to the games, and travel and cost has made it prohibitive.

[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well it sure isn’t $600 a month lol. It’s $600 once and covers like 4 months of playing.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

$150 a month is still insane for a 4 year old to play soccer.

[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Ok I’ll admit I just rolled with what you said on the price, but turns out that was just an exaggeration.

I just looked it up and soccer is $157 and covers 6 weeks. So about $26 a week that covers the organization, setting up practice, the games, the refs, etc.

That’s pretty cheap.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah I was responding to someone else who gave that price. $26 is much more reasonable.

[–] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Kids are expensive...