Quote Originally Posted by WOW2.0 View Post
On your fees comment though...PYL fees seem to be about $2000 here (for a season of, at best, 18 games, we shouldn't count trials etc). Not all the facilities are equal, or even a decent quality.
There are plenty of clubs charging less than $2k but it brings up a good point.If money is a factor then look around.Its been said time and again there are clubs in Div 2 and 3 that have really good coaches/cultures and facilities and dont charge that kind of money.A lot of parents would rather pay the extra and sacrifice a lot of the other stuff if their child has a chance of winning a trophy.And thats ok to look at it that way,but I think theres really good value if you shop around.Who knows,if good kids reject clubs based on price then it may make the consider what they are charging.As for Jets/Mariners etc.Im not involved in that level so cant speak if its value or not.Like everyone id love to see a system where the best kids make it that far without money being a factor.Sadly we seem to quite a fair way off that happening.