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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Individual families will do this event for their own reasons, which is the way it should be. One thing is clear though, those running this event will generate in the neighborhood of $2M for ONE weekend when you consider registration and tryout fees. Add to this apparel fees and revenue from this one event alone is $2M+.

This is a revenue generating business above anything else. Those running the event will partner with the regional clubs who can attract the largest tryout numbers. Why would a club participate - they are probably paid a kickback for each player that attends tryouts. This could be a sizable amount of money for a local club just to work a weekend tryout. And who knows if the local club gets a cut of the actual registration fee. Each local club running tryouts and selecting teams is connected to helping generate $100K for the event organizers. What percent of this is paid to the local club?

When you generate $2M for an event you can probably afford to bring in some college coaches to fill the sidelines. This above all else is why parents will pay what could amount to $625 in tryout and registration fees. The guess work is will these coaches be the ones from the schools your daughter really has on her short list of schools. Remember your DD should pick a school based on her academics and where she would be happy as a student first. Not count on a random chance some school will offer her. This is why attending camps if the schools your daughter really Wanda to attend makes a lot of sense.

Again, everyone has their own reasons for doing AS. But the bottom line is it’s a big money maker with not a lot of ROI for many players.[/quote]

I think this is a pretty accurate assessment. No doubt it generates $$$. Personally, I like the idea of having my daughter combining forces with players in her area and playing other areas to see how her team stacks up. For me, it's worth the money to spend a few days at the beach and have her play lacrosse with some new and good players. If you're looking at ROI, probably doesn't make sense unless "maybe" you're in that recruiting window. Honestly, if you look at girls lacrosse as a whole from a ROI/$$$ perspective, no one should even play. You probably spend 100K+ on sticks, camps, travel teams, gas etc. to "maybe" get a 10% ride to hopefully a decent school? If the kid enjoys playing and wants to work at it, I'm fine paying for her to develop, play on travel and select teams, etc. It is a great sport. [/quote]

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