We are the best. Spencer began to cry. No coach came to Spencer's defense. Playing the game for the fun of it has lost out to coaches with clipboards and whistles looking to find the next Mark Maguire or Mia Ham. Fun has lost out to grooming children of coaches to become the next million dollar bonus babies.
Youth sports are increasingly about winning, at all costs.
Even if it means that five year olds spend the entire season in the outfield. It is our job as parents to do everything in our power to put the fun back in youth sports.