I will give all of our experiences. In Tennessee, 3A it was no fees but had to do fund raiser that was easy. That was it.
In Missouri, had to get $25 ad for banner and had to help sell vouchers for Royals games. But out of it they got 2 caps, socks, three jerseys, two pair of pants, belt, coverup, hoodie, two practice shirts, windsuit pants, and beanie. they also got to play a game at Kauffman.
Does your school charge for baseball games?
In Tennessee everybody did but in Missouri no one did.
Philly Metro HS: $75 student fee to the district, $150 to the booster club (pay or fund raise).
Teaching Elder posted:hshuler posted:SultanofSwat posted:mamabb0304 posted:Hi all, I was curious the costs to play high school baseball in all of your respective programs. I was wondering if playing HS baseball is out of reach for some students at our school related to cost.
We are in Texas. 5A school.
Here are our mandatory costs:
$450.00 gear
$150.00 athletic participation fee
$200.00 game day meals
Just who do you think should pay for YOUR KID's clothes and meals? Sheesh people.
If you think the cost is too much, quit the team, or start a fundraiser.
$1200 here, so you better fundraise. :-(
Good night, man. Where are y'all.
SE GA here. $350 for spirit pack that includes two or three hats, couple pairs of pants, cleats, sweatshirt, practice shorts, several practice t-shirts, compression shirt, personalized jersey.
They do ask that people help fundraise, but don't demand it.
Gwinnett County. I called around to some friends in the Greater Atlanta and they were about the same.
It starts at $1200 and but you can decrease the cost with fundraising, but it’s not mandatory.
Son's HS season was $500 per year. Gear of ascending value was awarded to kids (Parents) who got sponsors at various levels. $250/$500/$1000. We partnered with a local mexican restaurant the 1st season (their 1st year open as well) and ended up splitting the $1000 with them and got them a banner for the fence. We also had a wall that business signs were hung on during the season in the field area. His fees were paid and they got a Banner. In turn, they sponsored him for the next 3 years at no cost to us.
We had a golf tournament fund raiser, i believe there were those restaurant discount cards as well ( we didn't do that) and an auction. I will say that the auction was the first fundraiser and it was comprised of all kids (trying out etc) before cuts. It always raised solid funds as the things there were donated.
The booster club delegated to parents for different food item requirements for every game, water and gatorade/powerade were always requested to be donated and duties such as the grill and concession stand positions were always worked out between parents. The few did most of the work. Every two years or so the Varsity goes to Disney World in Orlando and the kids get park passes stay with the team and coaches. Parents often thought about other ways to spend or save that money (Batters eye, scoreboard, field maintenance, new Gator) but were overuled. HC always made sure to host all of the PG summer tournament games he could to augment the budget and have it all work out. It worked.
We had field clean up days and all parents and kids were asked to attend and help out. About half did.
All in all, a solid system and had been in place for about 8 years before our arrival and is still going strong.
I did the announcing/music at the games and i revolutionized it. It's never been the same. 
PitchingFan posted:Does your school charge for baseball games?
In Tennessee everybody did but in Missouri no one did.
Yes. I think it's $6 or so for an adult? I believe the ticket prices for every sport are set by our state athletic associations. We recently changed conferences and one of the reasons given was the new conference has better fan following. More butts in seats from the away teams means more money for our athletic department.
You can buy an athletic pass from the booster club — gets you in free to every varsity event at the school for a year. The money is put in a pot that the boosters then parcel out to help with things like new uniforms, an assistant athletic director, etc.
GA Cherokee county, $650 for season (Covers meals, only get to keep the hat and socks) + one concession stand shift. They hosted some tourney games in the fall as our fundraiser, we had to do an additional concession stand shift then.
Kind of disappointed with how they do the fundraising/sponsorship's. I raised:
1. $500 in food credit from local restaurant.
2. $75 check from local place
3. $350 check from local bank
4. $??? another food place said they would feed the kids, not sure how many times.
So I'll conservatively say I raised $1000. My son's account gets 20% of that. I thought most places did around 50%?
CACO3Girl, at our Cobb county school here in GA our Booster club sets 25% as the return to parents for sponsorships raised so not far off from your school. We also host a silent auction every year (by far our biggest fundraiser), a fundraising hit-a-thon with the players and parents also have to serve in the concession 3 times at 2 hours each. We actually get a very good amount of sponsors overall and really helps the cash flow to the club. The Booster club puts a lot back into the boys and the field so they are doing it right and can't complain.
CaCO3Girl posted:GA Cherokee county, $650 for season (Covers meals, only get to keep the hat and socks) + one concession stand shift. They hosted some tourney games in the fall as our fundraiser, we had to do an additional concession stand shift then.
Kind of disappointed with how they do the fundraising/sponsorship's. I raised:
1. $500 in food credit from local restaurant.
2. $75 check from local place
3. $350 check from local bank
4. $??? another food place said they would feed the kids, not sure how many times.
So I'll conservatively say I raised $1000. My son's account gets 20% of that. I thought most places did around 50%?
I understand applying a margin to things like "food credit", but 20% for cash? We had very specific costs associated with fund raising to the point where you got different credit for a "new sign" versus a "renewal" (signs were kept season to season and only new signs required any production cost - 100% for renewal - $50 deduct for new signs). Boston butts/coupon books/etc all had a specific net based on the underlying cost. I think I would have found some way to cash that $350 check from the bank myself and claim 100%..
While many folks did fund raising, some simply did not wish to. They were asked to stroke a check and sign a form saying they were not participating in any fund raising. Seemed weird but I suppose the form helped when it came to bookkeeping.
Iowamom23 posted:PitchingFan posted:Does your school charge for baseball games?
In Tennessee everybody did but in Missouri no one did.
Yes. I think it's $6 or so for an adult? I believe the ticket prices for every sport are set by our state athletic associations. We recently changed conferences and one of the reasons given was the new conference has better fan following. More butts in seats from the away teams means more money for our athletic department.
You can buy an athletic pass from the booster club — gets you in free to every varsity event at the school for a year. The money is put in a pot that the boosters then parcel out to help with things like new uniforms, an assistant athletic director, etc.
Here in VA it is $6 admission as well - Seniors (55+) and students pay $3. But that's only for non-football sports. For football admission is $6 for everyone. You can purchase a season pass for football.
At the D2 JuCo and the D2 university my son played for it was slightly cheaper - only $5.
In Philly proper (PSD School)
Uniform Fees - $150-$200 (lower end if you're a returning player) that includes spirit gear. All bring their own gloves and cleats. Most kids bring their own bats and/or catcher's gear.
Fundraisers that are cobbled together, bring in little and aren't much more than a distraction to the players' during important academic time. The biggest problem being they aren't properly communicated and there isn't booster club making decisions on what fundraisers we do, what the goals are, and what's realistic. It's driving the parents crazy and isn't helping the team at all.
Nothing when my son played....and no cost to get into home games and I don't think we ever paid to get into an away game....until we got to the end of the season tourney
Each year just for hs baseball $2500 - $3500. Throw in about a dozen fundraisers was close to $5000-$7000 per year. I classify fundraisers as donation of items or prizes and personally purchasing whatever son's minimum he was assigned to avoid him being "singled out" as not being "part of the team". Oh yes, he did not attend a private high school lol.
Trust In Him posted:Each year just for hs baseball $2500 - $3500. Throw in about a dozen fundraisers was close to $5000-$7000 per year. I classify fundraisers as donation of items or prizes and personally purchasing whatever son's minimum he was assigned to avoid him being "singled out" as not being "part of the team". Oh yes, he did not attend a private high school lol.
**cough-cough** excuse me I just spit out a mouthful of diet Mountain Dew. $2500-$7000 for high school baseball? High school????
Our budget, for 3 teams, last year was $100K approx. With all the fundraisers we do, I think F/JV paid $550 and V $750. Of course the players could sell reverse raffle tickets etc and that would go against their fees.
CaCO3Girl posted:Trust In Him posted:Each year just for hs baseball $2500 - $3500. Throw in about a dozen fundraisers was close to $5000-$7000 per year. I classify fundraisers as donation of items or prizes and personally purchasing whatever son's minimum he was assigned to avoid him being "singled out" as not being "part of the team". Oh yes, he did not attend a private high school lol.
**cough-cough** excuse me I just spit out a mouthful of diet Mountain Dew. $2500-$7000 for high school baseball? High school????
Yes HIGH SCHOOL. I did the same as you....spit out diet pepsi though when I read others were spending $250 - $750/year lol
slider8 posted:Our budget, for 3 teams, last year was $100K approx. With all the fundraisers we do, I think F/JV paid $550 and V $750. Of course the players could sell reverse raffle tickets etc and that would go against their fees.
Aside from a few fundraisers there was no discrimination. Everyone (F - V) paid the same, was treated the same.
Trust In Him posted:CaCO3Girl posted:Trust In Him posted:Each year just for hs baseball $2500 - $3500. Throw in about a dozen fundraisers was close to $5000-$7000 per year. I classify fundraisers as donation of items or prizes and personally purchasing whatever son's minimum he was assigned to avoid him being "singled out" as not being "part of the team". Oh yes, he did not attend a private high school lol.
**cough-cough** excuse me I just spit out a mouthful of diet Mountain Dew. $2500-$7000 for high school baseball? High school????
Yes HIGH SCHOOL. I did the same as you....spit out diet pepsi though when I read others were spending $250 - $750/year lol
How long is your season? I paid $650 but season runs from tryouts on 1/15- mid may for V. JV runs from tryouts to 4/1.
Trust In Him posted:Each year just for hs baseball $2500 - $3500. Throw in about a dozen fundraisers was close to $5000-$7000 per year. I classify fundraisers as donation of items or prizes and personally purchasing whatever son's minimum he was assigned to avoid him being "singled out" as not being "part of the team". Oh yes, he did not attend a private high school lol.
Does the school provide a breakdown of expenses? I paid for years of travel baseball and hockey and never came close to those figures for a season. Something smells fishy.
Trust In Him posted:Each year just for hs baseball $2500 - $3500. Throw in about a dozen fundraisers was close to $5000-$7000 per year. I classify fundraisers as donation of items or prizes and personally purchasing whatever son's minimum he was assigned to avoid him being "singled out" as not being "part of the team". Oh yes, he did not attend a private high school lol.
Wow, I'm feel pretty safe saying that our HS team probably gets by on $10k/year total. 1 HC that's probably making $1500 (he doesn't teach in our district)....1 paid assistant, a new jersey each year (have 3 they rotate replacing)....a hat, maybe 2 team bats, baseballs, umpires for 14 home games and pay for a bus driver to 14 away games. That's it. Field is mowed by the HS maintenance guy that's probably making $12/hour. Any other field work is normally done by coach & dad's. Concessions are run thru the parents organization. No lights, so no electric bill. Restrooms are shared with the soccer field next door.
At my son's school they have one fundraiser that they do and each player JV/V are expected to sell at least 10 coupon cards that are $20 each and they pretty much sell themselves. They can buy spirit wear if they want and maybe a pair of pants each season.
I think my son would stick with football if we had to pay $2500 for each high school baseball season!
Bitcoin must own that HS
Appx $100 for practice shirts
$680 spring break trip fee
$200 misc food/activities on trip . All out of pocket
sportsdad&fan posted:Trust In Him posted:Each year just for hs baseball $2500 - $3500. Throw in about a dozen fundraisers was close to $5000-$7000 per year. I classify fundraisers as donation of items or prizes and personally purchasing whatever son's minimum he was assigned to avoid him being "singled out" as not being "part of the team". Oh yes, he did not attend a private high school lol.
Does the school provide a breakdown of expenses? I paid for years of travel baseball and hockey and never came close to those figures for a season. Something smells fishy.
We do get a very general summary on expenses, no breakdown on revenue. Basically a figure what it costs to "run" the program.
Buckeye 2015 posted:Trust In Him posted:Each year just for hs baseball $2500 - $3500. Throw in about a dozen fundraisers was close to $5000-$7000 per year. I classify fundraisers as donation of items or prizes and personally purchasing whatever son's minimum he was assigned to avoid him being "singled out" as not being "part of the team". Oh yes, he did not attend a private high school lol.
Wow, I'm feel pretty safe saying that our HS team probably gets by on $10k/year total. 1 HC that's probably making $1500 (he doesn't teach in our district)....1 paid assistant, a new jersey each year (have 3 they rotate replacing)....a hat, maybe 2 team bats, baseballs, umpires for 14 home games and pay for a bus driver to 14 away games. That's it. Field is mowed by the HS maintenance guy that's probably making $12/hour. Any other field work is normally done by coach & dad's. Concessions are run thru the parents organization. No lights, so no electric bill. Restrooms are shared with the soccer field next door.
Try over 6 figures/year expenses. From chalk, weed killer, fertilizer etc to other items. I wish there were shared restrooms.
