Reply to "HS Baseball Program Donations"

RJMHSBaseballWeb member since 2007

wildcat posted:
Wondering...is baseball becoming a sport only for kids with financial means (like soccer now where I live?). How do kids without the money feel about the donation request? Is there pressure to pay it or a stigma among peers for not being able to?

Paying for sports participation is becoming the norm. Where I live now (MA) in many school districts football and hockey cost up to $750 per player. Sports with less equipment and liability don’t cost as much.

It’s about school budget. This means lower income towns with lower income people pay more unless there’s an ample business tax base. Booster clubs raise as much money as they can from the community.

Theres a Pop Warner program from a low income community in the county. They are perennial state champions. Every year they have to raise thousands to go to Orlando for the championships.

How would anyone know who isn’t paying or pays more?

2/13/1910:54 AM

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