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[quote=Anonymous][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]

When you go through the recruiting process, there are a limited number of weeks and you need to prioritize the events you do and often there are conflicts you have to address.

There weren’t any conflicting camps during the same weekend when we did AS during our DD’s recruiting season. Which makes sense because all of the top coaches were at the AS event.

Individual camps are important to do - but do them well before AS if your kid hopes to generate interest on Sept 1.

As other have said, AS is the last event before the dead period. Our daughter received great exposure at this event. Multiple schools from her wish list were on the sideline.

Had we not previously done the individual camps, AS likely wouldn't have made much a difference. View AS as a final opportunity to showcase her talents after your DD has done the requisite work to get in front of schools where they want to be seen.  We have learned since that AS was more of a validating exercise for coaches who wanted to get a last look at her. We are glad we did it, as our DD received significant interest on Sept 1.

The same money argument can be made for any of the tournaments the players participate in each summer. Event organizers are running businesses, after all. But the financials the PP cites don’t take into account what must be significant fees required to put on such an event. Field costs, refs, coaches, insurance, etc. The suggestion organizers clear $2M is rather disingenuous.

It was a great experience for us and worth the money given that it was the last chance for our DD to leave those coaches with a final impression before Sept 1. [/quote]

This was our experience too. It was a great way to get a final look from coaches interested in our daughter before the deadline. We were happy we did it. [/quote]

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