Student 'contributions' / fees to attend regionals

[sdcantrell56]

Originally Posted by Mr. Freeman

My "old" team, 1552 doesn't have a fee for being a member of the team. Students may have to pay for their T-shirt depending on the financial situation.

I see charging fees to be on a team as a brilliant way to drive away potential members. I know I wouldn't have joined the team if I had to pay $100 to be part of it. My parents probably wouldn't have liked it either.

In response to this, when I was in high school and a part of the football team for 4 years, we had to raise or pay $300 per person to cover many expenses. Almost all sports at my old highschool and all club sports have some type of fee to pay. I really don't see a reason to not have everyone on the team be responsible for raising $100-300, either through fundraising or just paying a fee. Of course there should be opportunities for the students to raise the money instead of relying on their parents, and there should also be exceptions for low income students, although having fundraising opportunities would take care of that scenario.