Perfect Game League-can this be right? The Future of Fees?

My son paid $500 for the Cal Collegiate league and probably most players would pay (and could afford) this. You go above this then you will likely only get players who can afford the fees and not necessarily the best available. I get the Cape since it is the premier league so a player and his family will pay a bit more. 

In the end I am a capitalist and the market will determine what fees can be charged. If you are a draftable player than you will go to the top leagues and if not you will find a place with balance. 

I saw this and could not reply right away.  We do sponsor the League, but the teams are independently owned.  I just didn't know about the player cost so we checked with the League Commissioner.

Not sure where that $1500 number came from.  The only team that charged that last year was Cooperstown and they have dropped out.  No one is charging that much this year that I've been told about.

I think some teams do charge a housing fee.

I think my son paid $75 one year for the Cal Ripken League.  How much you pay will vary greatly by team and your host family, even within leagues.

My son was going to be charged a $400 housing fee with one of the PG league teams last year (he ended up injured, unable to play, and his fee was refunded).

$700 for my kids PG league team

As I parent, I loved the notion of summer collegiate leagues. However, after seeing them up close over a period of more than I decade, I would say that after a full college season there is a lot to be said for taking the summer off. Beyond a token amount, fees are just not worth it since college baseball is essentially year-round baseball otherwise. Even Cape Cod is far more romanticized than the reality.

jemaz,

That's an interesting take.I know a few players who have opted to play this summer in local summer leagues here in SoCal & PHX at night,while doing internships during the day.For some players this may be the best of both worlds.

I know this is an old thread but with teams starting to look for players again I thought I would bump it up.

My son has played in the Great Lakes and the Valley league. For the Great Lakes league he paid a fee, but I believe that fee is not set by the league but by the teams need. The year before the team had no fee but they had a benefactor who gave a very large sum of money to the team every summer. At the end of the season the money was donated to the United Way. He passed away and the team now has to charge players to stay in business. 

This year in the Valley league there was no charge. 

Both teams were a great experience.

My son played one summer in the Cal Ripken League (Maryland/DC/VA) and two summers in the Florida Collegiate League. The Ripken League was $100, and host families were free. He didn't need one, but I was in charge of the host family program for one of the teams for years, and we hosted many, many players. Florida Collegiate was $600 and a $50 a week charge for host families. Ironically, my son opted to live with my parents an hour away from his team rather than a host family. I thought he had enjoyed all those years we hosted, but maybe not. I  imagine a host family that gets rent provides a different experience than those who host for free. I had always emphasized the "player as a member of your family" attitude, but perhaps those paying felt more free to come and go as they pleased. I don't have a problem with a player paying a fee to pay -- after all, the league has to rent the field, pay the umps, etc. -- but it is puzzling how the fees can be so different one league to another. In any case, we had a fantastic experience with Florida and it was worth every penny.

I just talked to a friend who's son was approached by two teams in the NYCBL. One team was $3000 to play and the other was $1600 to play. 

So fees are effeminately moving up.  The NYCBL is supposed to be non-profit, so I hope no-one is making money off this. The more expensive team has not been aorund too long so I am not sure if they have many host families or if they are putting kids up in Hotels. 

That makes the Valley and The Great Lakes leagues very good values. The team my son played on in the Great Lakes was 600, and the Valley was no cost. 

Does anyone know anything about the Prospects League costs (In Ohio, Indiana, Illinios, I think WV?). My son is going to Terre Haute Rex next summer if he doesn't pitch enough innings this spring (if so he will just work out for summer)

As far as I know there is no charge to play in the Prospect league.

My son has played there in parts of the last two summers, I never had to write any checks.

Tell your son to get ready for serious bus time. I think the Prospect league eliminated the two divisions.  Teams spread out from ILL./Ind.., ohio  to PA. & west Virginia.

good to know they did away with 2 divisions, He will be used to bus travel after being in Horizon League. Do you know anything about housing? 

housing for the team my son played on was all free to the players, they had host families.  My son was fortunate that there is a team in our hometown. He was able to sleep in his own bed.  My next door neighbor has been a host family for the last 3-4 years, they usually host 2 kids.. The host family receives free season tickets,

I tried to get free tickets when my son was playing but I guess NCAA will not allow that. My son is heading to NECBL this summer, no charge for that league that I know of  and also no charge for the host family.

The local prospect league team has a boosters club that tries to feed the boys at least once a week after games, a local restaurant donates a box lunch to the visiting team, they eat that on the way home.

I think when my son traveled the team gave them $10-15 a day for meal money. Usually the motel they stayed at had breakfast, so it wasn't to bad.

Last season they played 6 days a week, Mondays were off days. 

keewartson will be playing in the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball league this coming summer.  Newer league, 7 teams not too spread out, $500 fee, and will get a host family. I think if you don't have a car they will provide bus transportation.  Plus, it's a resort area (that I am looking forward to visiting .

Heading north to play baseball in the summer will be a (welcome?) change.  

MMM,  we were hoping same thing. There is a Prospect team 35 minutes from us, and he could just stay home but college coach wanted him to go for the pitching coach at Terre Haute.

My son played in the Hampton's in 2011 for the Southampton team. His host family lived in a house out of "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" (swimming pool, workout room, basketball, and tennis courts). They even insisted I stay in their cottage house when i visited.  Travel is relatively easy compared to some of the other leagues, buses were provided from the home field to the away games with nothing being more then 45 minutes away.

I would say not having a car is not a big deal. My son did not have one for part of the summer, but the other guys would get him to where he had to go. His host family provided meals and local volunteers always cooked or provided meals after the games. 

The competition was good. I would call the league a stepping stone to some of the better, more well known leagues. Definitely more then a few guys throwing in 90's and several off his team in 2011 were drafted.

My son has an opportunity to play for the new team in Saugerties next summer.  The owner is Marty Radford from the Myrtle Beach league.  Have not heard good things about him.  Can anyone give me input?  Not sure if I want to send my son there.