I guess I look at this slightly different , I think it's great when the local coach puts in the effort to make the team better. It's a significant amount of work and for 750 , there's not much in making money there. Yeah maybe the coaches are getting paid, but they're not getting rich. Probably 1-2k for the whole season per coach. 2 practices a week and 4 weekend tournaments, probably getting 20 an hr.
Now these 25 kids, some who will never make another travel team get to play together. It's much better for the school program then the top 2 kids playing with a travel team with kids from 10 different towns.
What will be a bigger accomplishment , Li championship with all your high school buddies or winning the tristate with 20 different families ?
Heres a thought - chew on this a bit!
21 players (2G 5A 9M 5D) @ $750 = $15,750 budget for a team.
For $750 you get. 4 tournaments @ avg $1,500 = $6,000. $4,000 for coaches (Divide that by 21 players = $475 a player.) uni/swag another $75 a player balls and stuff another $50 a player Donation to school HS team $50 a player 6 dates of a faceoff clinic (max 10 players per team) $35 a player 6 dates of a goalie clinic (max 2 players) $35 a player
If your town has a competitive team why not (as long as there are not any dads coaches qualified or not)!!
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