Rated the best coach in TB? Why? It's a Crying Shame.

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From what I've been told by some travel coaches in the younger groups, is that each lower level team under the umbrella of the org, "pays up" $$$ to the HEAD HONCHO/Org money each month/year. One coach who is 12u says he pays the org $1500 to be able to have a team with the org brand.

Really common - the norm in fact - that the younger ages supplement the costs of the older groups travel and other expenses, including coaching fees. This happens at all levels, rec through A ball.

The 'org fee' to wear BB, Firecrackers, etc on your jersey is separate from this. And yeah, it's about $1500/year. What you get is name recognition, and presumably, entry into bigger tourneys and better fields in those tourneys, plus some coaching advice.

Very few orgs aren't in it for the money these days, whether via large rosters, multiple teams at each age group, org fees as described above, or money funneled upward from 10-12U to the older travel teams.

I find it disheartening, but I'm old and idealistic.
 

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