@jammyjam25 My kids have played on multiple teams and while it hasn't been quite the OPs experience, it mostly has. @biancasmalley is right that parents aren't just seen as ride. They're asked to provide snacks, coordinate hotels, etc. Parents are required to be very involved in most cases.
The principal of a charter school in Florida wrote a $100,000 check out of the school's account to an internet scammer pretending to be Elon Musk. Dr. Jan McGee says she was "groomed" by someone for 4 months and was promised that they'd give her back $6 million.