[CBFF] NBR:Like a bad cliche

[Steve Behrens]

 Just from talking to all of the friends that have kids playing hockey, it
gets damned expensive.  By far, it's an all year round sport, and even when
it's in season much of the ice time has to be financed by the parents; all
of it in the off-season... and they buy *a lot* of ice time. that gets to be
quite a bit.  Then they have clinics *all* of the time that the parents are
kind of afraid to miss because they think their kid will fall behind or out
of favor with the coaches if they don't attend.  I, personally, think hockey
programs have a little bit of an iferiority complex,  keeping events going
all year to keep kids from playing other sports which they might like
better.  All hockey, all the time.

That's my take, anyway.

-Behr


On 10/24/06, Phil DeNomme <pdenomme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hockey is really that expensive to play?  Do you have to buy all the pads
> and gear?  I'd assume that you'd need skates but wasn't sure on the
> pads.  I
> always wanted to play hockey but that wasn't very big where I grew up.  I
> think I would have loved it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> [mailto:cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Steve Behrens
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 4:48 PM
> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> Subject: Re: [CBFF] NBR:Like a bad cliche
>
> I here ya....  I've been coaching my boy's basketball team for the last
> couple, three years and he's also in football.  It's really amazing how
> the
> parents behave at these events.  When one's child is involved, rationality
> goes right out the window at time.
>
> But I will say this, Hockey is the worst as far a fanatical parents are
> concerned.  I think part of it might have to do with the realization that
> they'll be spending the equivalent of a college education just on the
> sport
> just to get them to the point where they find out they aren't good enough
> to
> get that college scholarship, let alone make the team.
>
> -Behr
>
>
> On 10/24/06, mom2iancal <senzigx4 at charter.net> wrote:
> >
> > Isn't it ridiculous the pressure that so called adults put on their
> > kids....
> > sports is often no longer just a fun pass time for kids...
> > I am very involved in youth hockey in our town and I see so much
> > pressure put on the kids by parents and coaches.  I have had to kick
> > parents out of our hockey rink at games and tournaments...last year we
> > had a guy who actually stood on the edge of the boards, leaning over
> > the glass pounding his fists on the glass and screaming obscenities
> > and his own child (squirt age so 9 or 10 years old) and at the
> > referee's...needless to say he was kicked out of the rink... Worse
> > part of it all is that in his hockey club, he is actually a referee!!
> ridiculous!!
> > So many parents have visions of their children going to the nhl, nfl,
> > mlb, etc etc....they put too much emphasis on that and none on what
> > should really be important...kids having fun!!!
> >
> > teri
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Victor Waldron (CBFF)" <owner at chicagobearsfanforum.com>
> > To: <post at chicagobearsfanforum.com>
> > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 3:29 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CBFF] NBR:Like a bad cliche
> >
> >
> > > When I saw the headline I thought it was going to be high school
> > > football.  But 6 and 7 year olds?!?!?!?
> > >
> > > V
> > >
> > > Kenny Claxton wrote:
> > >> http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2600137
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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> > >> kenny
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