Catholic Youth Organization

That is according to the Aspen Institute's latest parent survey.

And that's a far cry, it says, from the days when youth sports were dominated by locally run offshoots of nonprofit organizations like the Catholic Youth Organization, Pop Warner, and Little League Baseball.

Because youth sports have become more national in scope.

Parents watched the emergence of Tiger Woods, whose father Earl pushed him to play golf as a toddler, and saw how specializing in a sport was a ticket to admission into a prestigious college, a scholarship, or maybe a paycheck.

Thank you, Christy.

Yeah, I've been coaching for CYO or Catholic Youth Organization.

So since my children were young and I just enjoyed it because it was a time that I could spend with them.

And so I'm not perfect at it, but, you know, I always say the best time you can spend on it, the best thing you can spend on a child is time.