Kids sport should be cheaper!!!
Is it just me or does everyone think the government needs to do something about the cost of kid's sport?
I have three children and we’re pretty passionate about our kids taking part in team sport.
Between them, our kids play netball, rugby, touch footy, volleyball, nippers, water polo and swimming.
Our kids aren’t sporting champions - not at all – we just like to keep them moving.
The government wants kids moving too – overweight people cost billions. Obesity increases the risk of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, depression and joint and muscle problems, just to name a few.
However, as committed as John and I are to kid's sport, the beginning of each term is a hell time for us – and we’re a two income family! We are not struggling for money. If it’s difficult for John and I to pay for kid's sport, then I refuse to believe that there are not families out there – hundreds of families – whose children are excluded from team sport altogether.
And this is not about the committees. I could not appreciate the work of volunteers more.
Over the next couple of days I want to talk to as many parents and sports administrators as I can about the cost of kids sport and ask the question – is it insurance that drives up the cost? Or - as I've heard about some sports - the fault of the federal body (just quietly, I don’t think eight year olds playing soccer in Kawana should be funding the Socceroos).
As for insurance, I think that umbrella insurance should be possible. Couldn’t the government set up a scheme where every kid who wants to play team sport pays one fee, once a year, to cover all the sport they play?
Could we cap the cost of insurance and the cost of the pay outs? I know that New Zealand has a scheme where a central body deems what payment is appropriate for what injury, the system is cheaper and more efficient - no lawyers required!
Let me know if you have any ideas - I'd love to get together and chat!
I have three children and we’re pretty passionate about our kids taking part in team sport.
Between them, our kids play netball, rugby, touch footy, volleyball, nippers, water polo and swimming.
Our kids aren’t sporting champions - not at all – we just like to keep them moving.
The government wants kids moving too – overweight people cost billions. Obesity increases the risk of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, depression and joint and muscle problems, just to name a few.
However, as committed as John and I are to kid's sport, the beginning of each term is a hell time for us – and we’re a two income family! We are not struggling for money. If it’s difficult for John and I to pay for kid's sport, then I refuse to believe that there are not families out there – hundreds of families – whose children are excluded from team sport altogether.
And this is not about the committees. I could not appreciate the work of volunteers more.
Over the next couple of days I want to talk to as many parents and sports administrators as I can about the cost of kids sport and ask the question – is it insurance that drives up the cost? Or - as I've heard about some sports - the fault of the federal body (just quietly, I don’t think eight year olds playing soccer in Kawana should be funding the Socceroos).
As for insurance, I think that umbrella insurance should be possible. Couldn’t the government set up a scheme where every kid who wants to play team sport pays one fee, once a year, to cover all the sport they play?
Could we cap the cost of insurance and the cost of the pay outs? I know that New Zealand has a scheme where a central body deems what payment is appropriate for what injury, the system is cheaper and more efficient - no lawyers required!
Let me know if you have any ideas - I'd love to get together and chat!
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