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drpvn t1_izjq9qq wrote

Used to absolutely hate adults dominating play areas when my kids were young.

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Shreddersaurusrex t1_izjw9jv wrote

Now it happens with people getting permits to play. Used to play soccer at Riverside Park and we’d have to find a spot to play where there wasn’t some sort of kids league or adults in intramural type sports.

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TonyzTone t1_izl33ys wrote

We desperately need more park space. I play intramural sports like softball and soccer but I also love my pick up games. Except they have become harder and harder to find as everything is a pay-to-play set up.

What’s worse are the adults who don’t even put together a league and charge $10 because they hold the permit. Like dude, the permit costs $10 total and you gave 20 guys playing. You’re not providing anything we wouldn’t have without you.

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zenni321 t1_iznfo55 wrote

Yup. Try being an actual high school student on a sports team. Unless you go to an expensive private high school in the city - your practice space is non existent. And many high schools rent their gym spaces out. To whom? Yup….adult leagues. Sports in NYC are a joke.

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TonyzTone t1_izoai7q wrote

Yup! Which is why there are barely any professional athletes from NYC. Certainly not in baseball, football, or soccer; we just don’t have the space.

You’ll get basketball pros because every school at least has a BS gym and some have nice ones.

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GrreggWithTwoRs t1_izpurf1 wrote

There are also tons of outdoor hoops, especially outside of Manhattan

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drpvn t1_izjwvf5 wrote

Yeah I remember deeply hating the Zog people.

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I_AM_TARA t1_izqqgg7 wrote

That awkward moment when a sports group shares an acronym with a hate group....

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irch t1_izjvsrx wrote

For real. What a bunch of losers

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