The youth sports software is sold to leagues who distribute the software to teams or clubs.  Sometimes teams and clubs buy the software directly.  A lot of youth sports league software is homegrown functionality bolted onto a stable platform that provides registration or payment collection.  As this homegrown small market software becomes outdated it will be replaced with software that is more robust.
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