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Shreddersaurusrex t1_izjw9jv wrote

Reply to comment by drpvn in Pickleball players banned from NYC park after turf war with kids by habichuelacondulce

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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