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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a gymnastics parent with Arlington. The proposed fee increases will raise rates significantly with some parents paying nearly 12k a year (not including meet fees, uniforms, hotels, plane tickets etc). So easily another 5k in some cases (current rate is over 8k a year)

But it got me thinking what do folks pay for other competitive sports. I know individual.sports tend to be pricy (competitive rock climbing and archery are close to $500 a month/6k a year).

But what are folks paying for team sports. Just wondering what folks really pay out there. Do people regularly pay 10k plus for just the sport (so not including equipment, uniforms, travel)?[/quote]

I'm sure some do, but I'll throw this out there for soccer which is one of the most popular. Just paid $3195 for ECNL (widely considered the top level girl's platform) for U13 for next year. Our club seems to be a bit on the cheaper side, but say 3000-4500 before travel/uniforms is about the going rate. [/quote]

Can you share a rough estimate or how much you spend total in a year? That is if you include the uniform, equipment, travel and of course any camps or coaching. Would be a helpful datapoint for someone in ECNL[/quote]

I'm not the OP, but can give you a general idea: Club cost between $3000 and $4500; Uniforms every two years between $200 and $600 + cleats (up to 3 different types: flat, turf, grass - from $30 and up per set); (obvious) regular "local" travel - gas/time; out of state tournaments: team/league dependent - could be nothing, could be thousands; Extra training (if your kid is on a good team and wants to stay there or wants to be competitive and/or get on a stronger team): group lessons $1000 to $2000... private lessons run between $80 to $200 per hour, so possibly another $5000 per year (obviously player/parent dependent); Summer league or summer camp (at least part of summer) to keep skills from declining - $1000 to $4000;

But just regular travel on a 3rd team should not cost more than $4000 a year or so (as long as you dont really do anything extra).  [/quote]

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