For those of you paying gate fees, are these the only tournament in the area? Or are there multiple tournaments and everyone just gets hosed for gate fees?
In MD/DE we really only have USSSA and PONY. Being that you have to qualify for PONY Nationals we are stuck with USSSA World Series gate fee unless we qualify for PONY. So really there isn't another option. I'm not sure what if anything PONY charges at Nationals. USSSA needs competition or their prices will continue to climb in this area. ASA is attempting to break in here but people seem happy with the familiar USSSA option.