💼 Business Sep 5, 2026 · Kyle Newman

Youth sports costs are skyrocketing. Some parents and kids say ‘it’s worth every dime.’

Hartford Courant Business
Hartford Courant business
View Channel →
Youth sports costs are skyrocketing. Some parents and kids say ‘it’s worth every dime.’
Source ↗ 👁 16 💬 0
DENVER — To the critics who wonder how it could be worth spending more than the average American’s annual mortgage payment on a year’s worth of travel baseball, Nate Brandt has the answer.
Brandt has two sons who play club baseball, a 15-year-old for USA Prime Colorado and an 11-year-old for Gameday. For both his boys to play from the spring through the fall, Brandt is spending around $50,000 this year. And Brandt, who has worked with a wide variety of club programs across the nation, won’t thin

Comments (0)

Sign in to join the discussion

More Like This

SpaceX exec says she'll donate 2 million shares to kids from low-income families. See who's eligible.
All Content from Business Insider · 20h ago
80% of workers make this 401(k) mistake when they retire
MarketWatch.com - Top Stories · 20h ago
The 8 biggest questions we have about the future of 'ACOTAR' after reading 'A Court of Splintered Harmony'
All Content from Business Insider · 20h ago
OPEC+ set to keep production targets unchanged in December, source says
All News · 20h ago
AI boom hits a wall on Wall Street as OpenAI cuts fundraising target while Meta gets a credit warning over its cash flow, spending and monetization
Fortune | FORTUNE · 20h ago
‘The Odyssey’ Decimates ‘Doomsday’, ‘Spider-Man’ And Even ‘GTA 6’ In Popularity Review
Forbes - Business · 20h ago