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[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]

Easily we paid this. But, it was my child's choice (we never thought we would be or wanted to be travel sports parents). She loved the sport. Between equipment, club fees, uniforms, traveling (gas, hotels), individual competitive events for recruitment, etc. we easily spend $10k/year. But a) we had the money. b) it kept her fit and doing something she loved and kept her out of trouble. and c) she had half a dozen offers to play in college and picked one that allowed her to play, excel, and grad debt free. [/quote]

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