How much does it cost your child to play a high school sport?

Depends on the sport... And how much fundraising that is being done...

Frankfort charges a $30 uniform rental fee. No matter if you play one or 40 sports it's a 1 time $30 fee

$90 for Freshman Volleyball. They play 14 or 15 games I believe.

Frankfort charges a $30 uniform rental fee. No matter if you play one or 40 sports it's a 1 time $30 fee

 

Thats what I remember paying in high school for golf and basketball at Ryle.

$90 for Freshman Volleyball. They play 14 or 15 games I believe.

 

That sounds a little steep to me!

That sounds a little steep to me!

 

Every sport from frosh to varsity at Highlands.

 

I don't get the people that will pay $300-500 up front for summer sports but complain about the $90 fee for high school sports.

Its not high school sports in my case, but we just paid $95 for 8 weeks of indoor soccer for our 4 year old.

The money you spend is a great investment!

Raceland's Athletic Fees - $0

That sounds a little steep to me!

 

Try $600 for my son to be in the Bassett Bengal Marching Band. That's the fee. Not a uniform fee or anything else, but the annual fee.

 

http://www.bassettband.com/

 

Our boosters pay for clinicians, travel, music, everything you can think of with no help from the school system. I'm not happy about it but that's what we do.

 

This $600 in no ways covers it all. We also have a partner in a local Bingo game that contributes about $35,000 per year and various fund raisers, concessions at football games, and hosting our own competition. We have about $160,000 budget to meet.

I played Tennis High School and the fee was $10 for riding the bus.

Here's what I have seen happen alot. Some kids pay the fee, others say they can't afford it so the parents of the kids who paid, do 90% of the fund raising work to pay for the kids who could not afford to pay.

Every sport from frosh to varsity at Highlands.

 

I don't get the people that will pay $300-500 up front for summer sports but complain about the $90 fee for high school sports.

 

Those fees are paid to whoever is running the summer leagues, camps, etc. Schools last I checked weren't considered businesses looking for entry fees.

 

However, with that said I do think it is a better way to rationalize paying the fee. I do feel a little better now.

 

Could this be the Schools piggybacking off of what they know most of the athletes typically do in the offseason anyway? Hmmmmmm:sssh:

Those fees are paid to whoever is running the summer leagues, camps, etc. Schools last I checked weren't considered businesses looking for entry fees.

 

However, with that said I do think it is a better way to rationalize paying the fee. I do feel a little better now.

 

Could this be the Schools piggybacking off of what they know most of the athletes typically do in the offseason anyway? Hmmmmmm:sssh:

 

I was talking more about paying an organization (ie Bluegrass Baseball, Shooting Stars...etc) more than a league fee. Some make you pay a certain amount before a certain date before they allow you to play.

 

For the most part, schools pay more expenses than these 'club' teams. All have uniforms, tournament entry fees, officials, equipment...etc. However, school teams also have to provide insurance and transportation. Both industries prices have inflated in the recent past...

 

I think this is also why parents should be demanding quality people coaching their kids, same as they should with school fees and teachers...