There is nothing in the world I hate more than parents who push their kids into doing anything for their own sense of self satisfaction. It's just annoying and frankly, it's cheap.
Case in point a youth football clinic I covered this weekend at Florida International University. It was put on by the NCAA Youth Sport Initiative, Orange Bowl and the Miami Dolphins. Story is coming out on Thursday but until then can I tell you how annoying parents are who put their kids in sports? These parents clearly see their kids as a pay check and hope that one day their little running back will grow up and play for the NFL, and buy them a car and house along the way.
Kids should play a sport because they love it, and because they find it fun. When I was interviewing for this story not a single one of the kids I spoke to could tell me what they wanted to do with their lives if the NFL didn't work out. No wait, I lied. They did have an idea of what they wanted to do - play basketball. Not be a doctor, lawyer, teacher. sports agent, nope a basketball player.
Tell me this isn't sad!
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