Often when cities have to cut budgets they cut things like their plans to build new ball fields, parks and soccer fields. The city managers and city council will say we have to cut costs and we just cannot afford it right now. Well, at least one Think Tank believes this is completely short sided. Why, because if you cut things like sports parks for kids then you increase the city's budget elsewhere.
For instance, building soccer fields is never a drain on the community, and if you decide not to build soccer fields, then you can always use those dollars to hire more graffiti removal companies on contract for the city, more gang units, more rehabs, more police, more juvenile probation officers, more...... ah, heck I could go on all day. But suffice it to say, that parents who say it is important to build these soccer fields to grow good kids into solid citizens are indeed correct in every regard.
Soccer is a sport everyone can play, it builds character, team work, hard work ethic, self-esteem and its fun. I played for seven years myself, never did I involve myself with drugs, gangs, ditching school or any of that, neither did my friends.
Thus, I think every parent, council person and anyone looking at this issue and trying to decide where to cut the city budgets needs to consider this carefully. Soccer is very good thing, the more soccer teams and fields the better, that goes for today and tomorrow when those kids grow up and have kids of their own.
"Lance Winslow" - Online Blog Content Service
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