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.
Depends on the club some clubs are only charging $1,000 which includes the kit.

I don't know what the Jets charge, but was told Mariners is $3700 this year (for a season of 30 games)...as an academy that might be on the high side for FNSW, but Jets are probably something similar...
FNSW has a cap that clubs can charge, most clubs charge that cap and then make extra by telling kids they have to go do additional training with the coaches that isn't part of the official training nights.

Their response was that the elite clubs began to offer full scholarships to the the most talented kids as a way to keep those with the highest potential within the sport, and along a developmental pathway.
A-League Clubs alone are struggling to make money, can't see them giving free rego any time soon