The Rising Costs of Sports Gear
There are many families that spend a great deal of money on sports gear. My family is one of them. It seems that each week there is another trip to the store to buy sports gear for one of my children. Between the children's school activities and my love of the outdoors, we are always spending money at the sports store. The schools used to provide sports gear for the children for any sports they participated in, but budget cuts and decreased funding now means the parents have to fork out. This is difficult for families on a tight budget and it may mean that their child will not participate in an activity because the family can't afford the sports gear. Most schools do have scholarships that help with the cost of the gear for Jacksonville sports stores , but this is often embarrassing for the student so they choose not to participate. Of the sports gear that we purchase, the most expensive is hockey equipment. With growing teenage boys the size of hockey skates will often...