It is a business....do just do your due diligence. Competitors are running summer camps (BS with non lax play time) for $450/week for kids as young as 1st grade. I've seen "college road tours", all sorts of gear for sale, mark ups on hotels, showcase for 7th graders, double price for boys lax when compared to girls and on and on it goes. They all do it. It is often profoundly unfair and you feel like if you don't pony up they may take it out on your kid next tryout season. Those who've been through this before know there is no loyalty. These clubs will take every dollar you got, cut your kid and then go home and sleep like a baby. It is what it is: a business. At least until our next election, this is still America. So if you don't like it don't support them. Otherwise just hold your nose and keep swiping your credit card like the rest of us. | 
