Silicon Valley parent describes rising competitiveness in youth sports as political wedge issue
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Philip Bump
Summary
A brief anecdote about a parent in Silicon Valley describing how competitive high school sports have become, requiring students to join external programs and get additional coaching just to make their school teams. The article frames this as a wedge issue tied to parental emotional and financial investment in youth athletics, with a political angle involving Trump.
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bskySilicon Valley parent describes rising competitiveness in youth sports as political wedge issuewashingtonpost.comKey quotes
· 2 pulledStudents didn't have much choice but to join external programs and get additional coaching, he said, to be able to play on their high school teams.
The emotional and financial investment parents make in young athletes is strong wedge-issue fodder.
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