Originally Posted by Anonymous
To Mr Defensive Club Owner or Mr insecure B team parent (cant figure which),

please note - club teams that charge < $50 per tryout are excluded from the gouging catagory
club teams that charge < $1000 for B, level teams, cogradulate your selves for providing extra youth lax without exploiting parents....

the anwer to your question of cost VS Profit = simple math
cost-
pinney- $10 x 600 = $6,000
revenue per player @ $70x 600 = $42,000

Not Bad for 1 day of try out... Oh yeah, i forgot to back out the 10 evaluator make $200 per day...$42,000- $8,000 = $34,000 net profit without the season starting

tournament cost $1000 x 5 tournaments = $5,000
summer coach cost = $4,000
uniforms $60x 25 player = $1,300
Estimated total cost per summer club team = $10,300

TOTAL AVERAGE COST PER LAX CLUB PLAYER = $412!!!!
(plus equiptment cost if helments are included)

So at $1,500 per kid x 25 players per Club team = $25,000 profit per team x 3 teams per grade x 6 grades = $450,000 estimated club profit per summer tourament team - not bad for a part time gig...

Now... Everyone can fairly evaluate the relative value of their son's summer lax club team

I can say I'm happy with my Club. are you happy with yours??






Again, can’t answer the question honestly.

Tournament Cost:

- Tri State: $2,100
- LI laxFest: $1,475
- Patriot Games: $1,450
- Stony Brook Clash: $1,350
- Crab Fest: $3,125 –($125 per player)

Total: $10,500

Crabfest appears to be out of line, I have never been to it so I do not know if it is worth the extra $$.

You say $4000 for a coach, I think most teams have two coaches. Two coaches would bring the cost to $8,000. (I do not know what they pay coaches so I am using your numbers)

My question was not how much $$ a club earns from tryout fees.

I asked the following: all things being equal, what would the savings be per player
if profit were removed?

Stop counting other peoples money and answer the question.

How much would a parent save if there were no profit for the club?

I don’t care how much money a club makes, I want to know what the parent could save?