Originally Posted by CageSage
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Income
20 players @ $1200 each $24,000
Expenses
4 Tournaments at $1000 $4,000
Jerseys @ $75 each (*20) $1,500
Equipment @ $300 each $6,000
Swag @ $100 each $2,000
Coaches (2 @ $2K) $4,000
Profit $9,500

Obviously these are general numbers, but I think the clubs could afford to use the try-out fee as a deposit.
If you think that paid coaches are receiving $2,000 for an entire seasonal year, you are woefully mistaken.

Second, unless you are playing on the street in front of your home, someone is paying for permits and field time.

BOTC could go on-and-on with expenses that you have missed in this equation however this does go to demonstrate just how uninformed some parents are when it comes to having a grip on the underlying costs of operating a club.


ok, but you also need to consider that many teams have other charges $75-$-100 for each tournament(some even charge for tournaments they themselves own),250-300 for the winter league, 250 or so for team training. the amount of money flowing is incredible. That is why so many are starting up programs, most to make money and a few as a reaction to what is going on. We can only hope that competition brings down the cost for kids to play. Being from L.I. it always gave me pride to know that we produced great teams & players from regular working class towns & families. I only hope that we don't price ourselves out of the sport.