Originally Posted by Anonymous
Why must a league MAKE money? ... Just throwing up on the "cage" to see if it sticks.
The league structure must be able to sustain a central administation function - standings, schedules, communications and such. The discussion of making money typically goes in one of two directions. You either have a commercial operation (similar to what Long Island has now) or an all volunteer organization (where service suffers under the guise of "we are all volunteers"). The league needs to throw off sufficient funds to cover central operations as well as building a small func for future expansion of tournament hosting.

If you look at NPYLL, the charge per team is $250.00 per season. Sixty-five teams played ($16250.00) in addition to some profits from their Fall Fest events. An operating budget of $25,000.00 should be sufficient.