Lacrosse fees - DMV

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are you paying in fees for your kid to play lacrosse?

Club?
Private school?
Public?

What is the tipping point of when you will no longer pay for your kid to play a sport?

Why is there no regulation for equity purposes?

Club- $10k with travel expenses
Private School- $25k tuition
School lacrosse fees- $1-3k spring break travel, gloves, sticks etc.
Showcases/Prospect Days- $2-4k

One child is playing in college. One child stopped playing club after it was decided they wouldn’t play in college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IMHO now that I’ve put 3 kids though k-college lacrosse most of the travel expenses are not worth it for most kids.

1st the vast majority of 6th graders playing lacrosse won’t start on their highschool team let alone play in college. It’s just pure numbers - there are 10 starting spots on the varsity team and if you live in upper class md or va probably Over half the boys and a over a third of the girls in the school played a significant amount of lax.

2nd of the kids who start on their highschool team only a handful will play in college. With the exception of the few of elite private school teams - on those teams a little more than half will play in college.

3rd of the lucky few who play in college - Less than half will it be actually worth it. Many of those players will either go to a college they would have never gone to or find they don’t like the demands of college athletics.

4th of those special players who play in college profitably and truly enjoy it the overwhelming majority are truly gifted athletes.

The takeaway is that if your kid does not have superior athletic ability and does not passionately love lacrosse - travel lax is simply a way to keep your kid occupied and in shape. Those are great goals but travel is not an efficient way to achieve them.

Cuts both ways. Thanks to lacrosse, my daughter will be attending a college that without lacrosse would have been pretty long odds otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Agreed. Both of my kids who play D1 lacrosse are at higher ranked schools than their private HS class valedictorians. It can be a means to an end and they are both happy and playing as well. It is a LOT of work but preps you for many different life opportunities post college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are you paying in fees for your kid to play lacrosse?

Club?
Private school?
Public?

What is the tipping point of when you will no longer pay for your kid to play a sport?

Why is there no regulation for equity purposes?

Club: $2k-$5k per team (multiple kids are playing on multiple teams)
Private school: $35k+ per kid
Public: Don't know many

Last year, nearly 30 hotel nights for lacrosse travel alone. Drove everywhere, so no flights (Sandstorm isn't worth it). Finding that there are multiple tiers of pricing for showcases depending how good you are, but that's another few thousand dollars. Gear and "spirit wear" adds up. Financially, it's an idiotic decision, but it's our family's hobby and a great way to spend time together, and I'll miss it when it's over. We spend well over $30k/year in lacrosse, and we'd spend double without blinking an eye.

The folks complaining about "fairness" are missing the point. Holdbacks in the DMV area (and as far down as NC) are being rewarded with undeserved recruiting. The real cost there is your child starting life a few years later for what is realistically a chance to ride the pine at a D1 school. Money isn't the biggest cost here: it's time.

[Anonymous]

How many kids do you have?

[Anonymous]

Is sending your kid to private school to play for a good lax team worth it? Isn't that what club teams are for?

If your kids plays for an elite club, private school lax is not necessary.