Twin little monkeys out about the town

There is a crazy amount of money plowed into Youth Sports each year (this is a blog, not a research report, so I'm not planning to quantify "crazy amount", but probably in the bazillions).  Lots of parents think their six year old kid is the next Lionel Messi - funding camps, private lessons and jerseys, not to mention club and tournament fees. For our part, we've encouraged sports with our kids from an early age.  But we are also putting away money in a college fund because we have no illusion that our kids will be doing anything professional with sports, unless it is from inside a press box or perhaps figuring out multi-state income allocations (likely scenario...we even have a family powerpoint on that topic). A couple years ago, though, I found myself not-so-tongue-in-cheek signing my emails "Youth Sports Agent" as we navigated a situation with one son's soccer team.  This fall, I'm finding myself navigating similar (if not so dramatic) water