Most parents put countless miles on the car driving kids back and forth from various practices and games throughout elementary and secondary school.
As for the actual dollars behind all that driving and purchasing of uniforms, equipment, lessons and various activity fees, the numbers are pretty eye opening. A 2014 study by the Utah State University's Families in Sport Lab (http://www.usufamiliesinsportlab.com) shows that the average annual family financial investment in youth sports came out to $2,292.42, or 1.84 percent of that family's gross annual income.
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