Parents who are trying to combat child obesity with physical exercise are running into a financial hurdle, according to a new poll, which finds that kids from lower-income families are being forced out of pay-to-play sports at their schools.
As school districts across the country are contending with tight budgets and shrinking athletic budgets, many are implementing athletic participation fees to cover the cost of school sports. But more and more, those fees are forced kids in lower-income families to the sidelines.