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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=FPYCparent]Paramount (one year) parent here ... with no affiliation to Legacy.

I don't think it is appropriate to ask for justification of club fees during Legacy's [b]Meet the Coaches[/b] meeting.  I am not trying to say that PP's question is completely invalid, it just does not seem appropriate for [i]that meeting's[/i] intended purpose.  I'm going to guess that the director's contact information is posted on the their website.  If you really want to know that info, PP could reach out and report back to us.

I'll admit that part of me also wonders if PP's search for the club's fee structure information is a bit disingenuous.  It's a new club with three or four teams setting up shop in NoVA (probably not the cheapest place to start a club).  They may ultimately field teams that are quite successful ... or the teams may fare poorly against teams inside and outside of CHRVA.  (And, honestly, wins and losses shouldn't be the sole metric by which teams/coaches/clubs are judged!)  Since PP's club priorities seem to lie elsewhere ... or they would have asked such questions already, is the PP asking their preferred clubs for fee structure info?  If so, please share the findings with the rest of us!

Other club teams in the high-school age range are charging similar fees without a significant track record of success (see Loudoun Elite, DMV Elite, The St. James, MOJO, etc.) ... as far as I can tell.  Does PP feel that those club fees are justified?  I don't know how comparable Paramount's fees were when the club entered the market in 2015.  Maybe they were, maybe they weren't.  Is anyone complaining about their fees now?  In the end, the market will decide whether or not any club's fees are outrageous or just right.  No one is forcing any family to become a paying customer.  [/quote]

PP here. The analysis that I pointed out on the other thread made me pretty comfortable with the fees charged by the clubs we are trying out for. That means I will not bring up the club fees because I have no reason to question them. On the other hand, paying outrageous club fees without questioning them seems quite silly. Each club should be able to justify where the money goes. If the club offers additional services that cost a lot more than what other clubs pay, they can explain what those services are. The parents would understand what they are paying for and decide whether they want those services. If it all goes for profit, so be it, but the parents would know that it's just jacked up pricing and they don't really pay for additional services.

I feel like it is a fair question for a parent meeting because that's where the stakeholders are and pricing is a big part of club volleyball. How would it better help if we leave it up to one person to request the information through email and report back? The club director could show up here and pretend to have had that conversation (based on some weird messages already posted on this thread, I would not be surprised). We would hear from another "typical parent" being amazed about the great deal you get playing for this club. [/quote]
I'm curious whether anyone asked the question about fees at the Meet the Coaches meeting and if so, how the club director responded? I was on the side of a meeting intended to allow prospective players to get to know the coaches was probably not the appropriate venue, but am interested to know if it was asked, how it was received.[/quote]
Even though we will not be trying out for Legacy, I wanted to participate just out of curiosity (online meetings are quite convenient). Unfortunately, we had a conflict, so I missed it. If anyone made it, please spill the beans. [/quote]

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