I don't know if this is a good or bad thing (I will let you decide) but thought you might find these stats very interesting for the Firecrackers Organization:
Nationally: 211 teams
States: 17
Top 2 States: CA (99 teams) and TX (49 teams)
# of players: 2,954 (estimate based on 211 teams x average 14 players per team)
Additional Fee per Player: $25 per month x 11 months (note: maybe someone can confirm this, I don't have first hand knowledge but this is what I have heard from many people)
Total Additional Fee per Player: $812,350 ($25 x 11 months x 2,954 players).
Other Org. Fees: not available (but with merchandising, mandatory clinics, org workouts, tournaments, sponsors, etc.) the numbers are truly staggering.....
The Youth Sports/Industrial Complex at it's best.