[Stardust]

After playing 3 sports (Baseball, Football, Basketball) beginning in the 3rd grade, my son decided to give up one sport his freshman year to allow him to "get a break in between seasons". He gave up basketball, which might have been the sport he enjoyed the most. So, his "Break" that he got was 3 days of baseball conditioning, and 3 days of football conditioning - 6 days a week with no reward. He gave up basketball, which was five days a week and the reward of COMPETING IN GAMES instead of your team-mates for 3 months!

Sports have now become a fulltime endeavor, and the coaches want their athletes to ONLY compete in their sport! Yes, coaches certainly tell their players they support them playing other sports, but that is absolutely not the truth of the matter. The fringe kids, who are not "studs" are told all the time that they need to be at their sports practices in order to get playing time.

And this is not a "Back in my day" comment, but I was a college athlete, who played three sports in High School, who still went fishing, cut the grass, worked odd jobs - basically had the ability to do other things. Today, in order for athletes to compete and stay ahead of the curve, they have to commit their lives to play sports. And the number one comment that I hear is that the "Player wants to do that"! Well, as a coach who has graduated a few classes, I now see that these kids do get burned out and they just quit! Every year, I have a Senior or two, who are fantastic athletes and college material, but by the time the hit their last year, they think they want to move on and play at the next level, then by the time the register for college, they have already given up the dream!

Multiple sports, absolutely! Four hours a day of multiple sports, goofy!