Afraid I can't answer that accurately
Afraid I can't answer that accurately
Pretty sure it is still $250, Subsidised by the club through sponsership and raffles. Is a good incentive to play grade and good for younger guys who struggle to get the money together come rego time.Originally Posted by shark attack
Just need more players to get back to the Tavern & support the sponsor after home games to keep this up
The FFA make no financial gain off the Merchant Fees, that fee was set by the providor of the online payment system as part of their involvement in setting up the secure system within MFC. Agree the fee is too high but that wasn't the FFA, but is why has not been taken up by many clubs around Aus.
I suggest clubs look at opening their own accounts with one of the Australian based companies that offer swiper attachements for smart phones. The fees we competitive and the attachment is easy (and cost only $19), plugs into the ear plug of the mobile and a small app does the rest, money in the account instantly and the player can be emailed a receipt instantly also. Fabulous systems, I won't advertise any here but if anyone needs further details send me a message and I will show you the one I use.
I believe West wallsend are approaching the $450 mark and Adamstown similar (not sure as yet as son hasn't actually hit me up for the money as yet).
I don't think any club profits to any real degree on rego fees. They pay their amount to their Zone, Federation and FFA but then they have to account for:
Referees Fee for 8 or 10 home games. Socks and Shorts for those that provide, training shirts/strips likewise, club polo shirts. If they are a junior club without large sponsors then you are looking at additional things such as presentation day, ground marking, repairs, training equipment, even playing shirts all have to be purchased at some date.
Take a junior club: I think someone said it was about $180 for rego?
Assume the club doesn't provide any clothes but they will generally have an amount set aside for at least a trophy for the end of season at about $15. A new strip will last 3 years generally and cost most clubs around $300 for a basic strip numbered and logo'd so thats around $7 a player a year. training gear lasts generally two years so a decent set of ten training balls another $5 a player a year, bibs and cones another couple of dollars each.
Ground marking is around $150/field so assume your teams pays for one field marking a season is another $10, referees $52 for an all age game so ten home games would be $34 a player for the year.
So $180 for fees then another $75 for costs and a club needs as around minimum $255 and thats without any socks, shorts, polo shirts, etc.
And its probably a little more for the Federation clubs who then do provide trainin shirts, playing shorts/socks, club shirts etc
It's a high figure but if you play 18 games in a season, 90 mins a game and paid $300 rego.... that about $11/hour of game time.
Then compare what you paid in rego for your child in a similar way and look at what music or karate or dance lessons cost a week, we are a pretty reasonable activity when you compare things in an equal way.
This is completely irrelevant to you guys but just for comparison reasons i guess. I have to pay $270 to play this year in the Mackay competition in nth queensland.
Charlestown ZL2 $440
differences in fees between clubs comes down to a few factors
* sponsorship
* ground hiring fees
* competition being played
* payments for refs during or before season
Cooks Hill United aren't the cheapest club around, but we have extraordinarily high costs to hire our grounds, such as our recent bill for $2,600 just for pre-season ground hire - that turns out to be $15/player
our in season ground fees are closer to $40-$50/player
clubs like us aren't hoarding money, every dollar we get is going back into improving the grounds and facilities, not to mention countless hours being put in by the committee and volunteers
we'd love to reduce rego costs but the financial reality is that we can't
+ payments for other players can be taken into account
i know some clubs (from nbn through to zl2 - not westlakes btw) charge their rego-paying players more money, in order to pay for their "better" players rego/wages.
roger, just curious as it's a fellow zl2 team - what are charlestown players getting for such a seemingly high rego cost in comparison to the rest?
Last edited by pv4; 08-02-2013 at 08:52 AM.
OK
Be interesting if you know what the Federation charge for your insurance portion of the fee thou to compare. I still think it should be an opt in/out system with any insurer who offers soemthing suitable like all insurance schemes not compulsory with the Federation.
Other than FFA, insurance, council etc, it covers training equipment, ref fees, shorts, 2 pair of socks, club polo, awards for presentation night and entry on the night.
Cost me $280 to play in Granville and Districts
Yep something more comprehensive indeed. Sustain an injury that is not considered urgent at your local hospital and you need to go private you can end up out of pocket considerably once you surpass 5K and medicare rebates included.
Registration fees will only head in one direction but compared to Sydney we have a fairly good deal (relatively speaking)
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