Question about team entry fees

[Orange Socks]

It seems like the only tourney that are not PAP are the national type tourneys, but they are way more expensive than you regular weekend tourney. The longer format games such as 90 min games cost more too. $40 or more a game.

 

[RIZZARIJOE]

Sounds like the TD has a habit of not paying umpires. Everything is COD Chuck Berry style

From my experience, teams love the PAP. Usually the, the entry fees are
Much cheaper than a fixed fee and fundamentally fairer that one large fee. If a team enters a tournament and they aren’t that good, then it’s fundamentally unfair for them to pay the same as a super team. Weaker teams are ecstatic to pay the additional fees - it means they’re still in it. What we do for our tournaments is that we do PAP until the finals, which are untimed. The tournament director pays the finals

 

[bmakj]

yes, I have never heard in our area of teams charging families per tournament, rather it is built in to season's cost. Exception might be rec all staar teams that register for a couple of travel tournaments only

 

[tamss13]

In Texas a vast majority of the tournaments are this payment format. It makes it difficult to estimate seasonal fees since you could play 4 pools and be eliminated in first bracket (5 games), or you could go deep in a double elimination and play 7-8 games. And forget about it if you get knocked to loser bracket early, but your team wakes up and makes it to finals (10-12 games).

So when I see the $35 PAP is that for both officials or do we pay $70? We are really trying to figure out an yearly cost. We're basing our cost on 6 games a tournament knowing that in the beginning we most likely will not get out of pool play, but if the girls do like they have every season....improve...by the end fall we hope to be going 7 deep. $35 total is a different number from $70.....a huge difference.....we are in North Dallas area

 

[TXJames44]

So when I see the $35 PAP is that for both officials or do we pay $70? We are really trying to figure out an yearly cost. We're basing our cost on 6 games a tournament knowing that in the beginning we most likely will not get out of pool play, but if the girls do like they have every season....improve...by the end fall we hope to be going 7 deep. $35 total is a different number from $70.....a huge difference.....we are in North Dallas area

each Team pays one ump. So $35 per Team per game in this scenario. When you approach umps for pregame meeting, hand one of them $35 (I always bring exact change). They will typically want the money before they collect your lineup card.

 

[Hawk_]

each Team pays one ump. So $35 per Team per game in this scenario. When you approach umps for pregame meeting, hand one of them $35 (I always bring exact change). They will typically want the money before they collect your lineup card.

FYI this has moved to $40 per now.

 

[TXJames44]

FYI this has moved to $40 per now.

I wish my tournaments were $35 or $40 lol. All of our events are $50 now.

 

[tamss13]

I wish my tournaments were $35 or $40 lol. All of our events are $50 now.

wow $50 that is crazy

 

[nikkilugi]

wow $50 that is crazy

We pay $50 as well, lol.

 

[Hawk_]

I wish my tournaments were $35 or $40 lol. All of our events are $50 now.

Them A level Utrip tourneys getting high.