quote:I tell them that these men aren't doing this for the money. The compensation is shockingly low. If an employer tried to pay the hourly rate our coaches receive, he would be put in jail.
So my point is that our coaches sacrifice their time and energy to teach our kids the lessons that baseball can teach, and it is our (parents') duty to help raise the money to give them the resources to be able to do it well.
In our area, coaches get paid well on top of their regular teacher's salary which is very good and have a nice compensation package. They're not exactly sacrificing their time for nothing. The purpose of the booster club is to give the players the things they don't get from the board of ed like equpiment, uniforms, warmup jacketss pregame sandwiches and drinks etc.. The coaches don't need the booster club money. The program and the players do.