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Can't say it is custumary...probably isn't but:
1. for a start up program especially, how does this differ from a camp (which is tryout that they charge for...really)
2. I don't blame them for asking for a nominal fee just so they are not over run with less than serious players
Seems very strange to me. Never heard of such a thing. I'm hoping they are doing this to encourage ONLY those that are truly interested.
However, I can't help to think of the implications of making the team. Will there be subsequent charges for facilities, uniforms, practices, travel, and play as you would with a club team?
This makes me wonder what it would look like if for-profit schools realized that kids who want to play sports in college are a potential revenue stream.
In some ways they are a revenue stream...my nephew played at a DII school was required to fundraise $1K every year. Dear old uncle dug deep every time the letter came 
Oh, I hear you. And even HS ball is dang expensive here. If the players did not fundraise and we parents didn't support it, it would not exist.
But I'm thinking more of a school that charges,say, $50K per year and is struggling to attract enough students. Add a few sports teams, recruit players, give them each a 20% scholarship so they feel special, and bang you've got yourself an extra few million dollars to play with.
Can't say it is custumary...probably isn't but:
1. for a start up program especially, how does this differ from a camp (which is tryout that they charge for...really)
2. I don't blame them for asking for a nominal fee just so they are not over run with less than serious players
BucsFan is probably right. It is to keep the truly not serious players out of the tryout. There was a pro soccer team here in St. Louis that was charging $100 a person for tryouts. If you made the team you got your money back thought.
Is it possible it's a club team given it's the first year? Then the guys who make it have to pay more.
