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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would be surprised if the Stars was doing their league again this summer. I don't think they had enough teams last year for it to be profitable.[/quote]

Gym space through FCPS is pretty cheap. I don't understand how they charged $800 for 10 games at school gyms and Shots Up charged $700 for ten games at the St James. Shouldn't it cost more to play at the St James? They are hiring out of the same pool of refs through Cardinal so that cost should be the same for both leagues. [/quote]

economics 101. they undercut the competition (the stars league) and got almost all their customers. then, they surprised everyone with the $10 a pop admission fee. think how much money they made off the admission fees! three games going at the same time, for several hours each night. If a team has 8 players, and they had 10 games, and each player had one parent take them to the game, then the team actually ended up spending like $1500 to the STJ over the season. $$$ *That's why most of the teams played double-headers as pp mentioned*.[/quote]

The admissions fee is standard for AAU tournaments. I think the parents used to county were caught off guard. Shots up runs regular tournaments, and they always charge admission. I think the problem is that there just isn't enough interest in basketball at the above rec but below aau level to really have a competitive league. Even fielding county teams is hard if most of the players stick with their AAU teams later into the summer now [/quote]

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