Costs involved with your HS team?

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We have a Dugout Club which has a fee of $150/yr. It normally helped pay for balls, couple bats, helmets, and year-end banquet.

Player fees have been $300 in the past. I've heard that this year they're bumping it up to $450, but won't know for sure until the first meeting in a couple of weeks. Other HS teams in our area charge close to $1,000. Everyone has an opportunity to get donations or sell advertising to make up the cost.

This goes toward bus drivers and gas for away games, umpires, equipment, field and building maintenance, uniforms, and a spring break trip.

$250 to program + $80 transportation fee to school.

The Booster club raises around $20K to help with field maint, upgrades, and other costs. We field three teams.

Minimum $200 (quarter page) ad in the game program no one buys. $75 for warmup package -- two practice and pregame BP jersies, and team hoodie. The players must donate their time for two evening 7-12yo clinics where the team rakes in the bucks. There's a $50 activity fee if the player hasn't participated in another sport earlier in the year.

$0.00 to the school and however much you feel like donating to the "Diamond Club". That money goes towards the extras, practice shirts, hoodies and extra training equipment the school will not purchase. No pay to play as of yet for any sports in our school.

The last year my son played it was $100 for transportation. the following year was $300 for transportation,field maintance fees, and equipment. The teams have started to use an outside fundraiser company to help off set fees which uses a letter to family and friends asking for donations.

Note: If a parent can't afford the fees and has documents to prove it, they receive a wavier for the fees.

Last year, our fee was $300. I think it will be $375 this year. Kids are also expected to sell discount cards. No penalty if the don't sell all of them, but most at least sell some. There is also a fundraising event they have to sell tickets for and volunteer their time to help with the event. Not sure how much we made from the discount ticket sales, but we made around $4200 from the fundraising event. Parents also help with field maintenance and such.

150 dollars with mandatory participation in numerous fundraisers throughout the year summer ball is 2500 with a couple of fundraisers.

$45 participation fee here. Expected to participate in spring fundraiser for the Athletic Booster Club.

Our fees are $100 to $150 roughly. This generally covers practice shirt, two hats, two undershirts (short and long sleeve), socks, spikes, and turfs. All except spikes and turfs are basically required (although I'm sure we would work with any parent who couldn't afford the cost of those items). Turfs and spikes are optional, although most kids do get them (unless theirs from prior years are still suitable). There is zero profit for the program built into these costs, and there is a sliding scale for a discount based on fund raising efforts (this is a minimal discount though...probably $20 or so).

No fee to play. If you participate with the booster club it could cost $200-$300:
Fee - $50.00
Clothing Sale - $125.00
Beef & Beer fund raiser - $125.00
Keeping son occupied for 20-25 hours a week - priceless

$16 Hat
$5 socks (per pair)

that is all; next year i anticipate a fee for sports at our school

Emanski; your kids are getting a lot for $150

We pay $60 - $75 for practice t-shirts, socks, hat, etc. The coach holds a camp in Feb. (the players help the coach) and the concession stand that the parents run during the season pay the expenses the school doesn't cover.

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Originally posted by trojan-skipper:
Emanski; your kids are getting a lot for $150

Yeah, we gotta guy, so to speak....he hooks us up with good bulk deals, so we pass the savings on to the kids. I guess we could build some profit into it and people wouldn't complain because it's still a good deal, but that doesn't seem right.

Usually High Schools paid by fundraisers and the Booster Club in our area. And of course the normal aloted amount given to the district.

The cost required is 0. We do encourage all the parents to join the Dugout club and work the concession stand and two fund raisers each year. This money goes towards extra stuff that we really dont need but the players want. Usually one of the fundraisers is a raffle and the other a yard sale held at the school. If a parent does not work the fund raisers or works the concession stand its all good. It is strickly on a volunteer basis. Most do help though. The players are required to work the fund raisers or they have to pay for the extra stuff if they want it.

We use some of the money for extra balls , T's , L screens etc. We get a certain amount of money every year from the county that pays field maint and field needs , gate keepers at games , umpires , travel costs , uniforms which includes hats belts and socks . practice and game baseballs , etc. The money we take in at games at the gate has to be turned into the general athletic fund. But the concession money is ours to keep as long as we run the concession stand and not another team or school activity group.

This is a terrific post....our fees are $35 for Booster and $50 for 2 Tees and a Hat which they keep...all other funding comes from fundraising and the ISD...

We pay too much. Close to $1k. We have FHSAA fees, we host a tournament, we're traveling to San Diego, we get team bags, 3 shirts, 2 jersey undershirts, 2 pairs of shorts, sweatshirt, sweatpants, 3 hats, socks, belt. all other jersey stuff we don't keep. Also our fields belong to the county, not the school even though it's on our campus, so we need to get permits too. Theres probably some other stuff that I'm forgetting too.

I'd love an answer to this question --

If dues are $200 and expected fundraising is $200 - is it better to just charge the $400 and bag the fundraising?

In the past, our team has fallen far short of the fundraising goal and the hs team has not generated enough income to meet expenses.

Which is easier for parents to swallow?

No playing fee at our high school but we have to pay for uniforms. Usually costs about $150/year. We will need to come up with a good fundraiser this year as our field is needing work.

As a parent, I'd rather be asked to be a part of a yard sale (great idea - make money AND recycle stuff!) than donate more money. It's not just the baseball families that benefit from a baseball team at the school.

Our HS Costs are 95.00. That gets the kids under shirt, long sleeve, hat, socks, belts and Varsity kids get a pullover sweatshirt (We replace every three years along with uniforms) Every player get lunch before games. We implemented a PBJ program. (Lunches were getting crazy. The kids got a double cheeseburger from MCDonalds one time) So now our kids simply get a gatorade, PBJ, some kind of fruit and a granola bar. The cost per sandwich was very cheap. It works out really well for us.

Our fees are up to $100 (I think based on my daughter's jr high fees) up from $55 last year.

After that, it's boosters, selling stuff, opening the snack bar as often as possible (like during try outs). Basically, trying to squeeze whatever lemon you can to get a few bucks.

I donated some equipment and other parents are doing the same. Its just about giving the team the best experience you can afford in difficult times. As we all know, you really remember what your HS sports experience was like...

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Originally posted by gamefan:
I'd love an answer to this question --

If dues are $200 and expected fundraising is $200 - is it better to just charge the $400 and bag the fundraising?

In the past, our team has fallen far short of the fundraising goal and the hs team has not generated enough income to meet expenses.

Which is easier for parents to swallow?

The option of fuindraising is always the better avenue. A family may have two or three kids playing between baseball and softball or other sports.

Some people would much rather just write a check than have to spend the time fundraising. And some people would much rather raise the money. So give people the option and encourage everyone to participate in order to help those that need to raise the money. jmo

For my son to play varsity ball the cost is $0.00 but we parents pay $5.00 to attend each game . We also do the proverbial fund raisers and have a annual golf tournament to support our team .

i think whatever you do to raise money, it's important for the players to work at it as well. sure their busy they have school and practice,but parents are finding a way to put the time in, i feel it's important for players to see the effort that goes into those buying new uni's.

some really great ideas, i love the process.

I've been doing the books for our baseball booster club for several years, so I have a very good handle on what our high school program costs.

There is a player fee of $250, which goes to the school, not the booster club. It pays for three coaches and a small transportation allotment.

Everything else is paid out of the booster club. There is one direct solicitation fundraiser before the year (players write letters asking for donations) and there is a major golf outing each year. We get the signage revenue.

These things bring in about $40K. All the equipment, uniforms, balls, occasional team meals and outings, and other coaches salaries are paid from these funds. If the team has to travel cross-state for a playoff game, the booster club pays for the transportation. Also the club subsidizes about 33% of the spring break trip to AZ, which comes to about $250 per player in subsidy.

It isn't cheap.

Coach May: I totally agree that it's better to give the option to either a straight donation or fundraiser work. I prefer to volunteer but for others it makes more sense to write a check. Depends on the time constraints, financial constraints, etc. If you offer both you cover all the bases.