I was curious what the budget is for your travel team and what all it covers. We've got ours pegged to be at about $7500 which will cover their uniforms (and misc t-shirts, socks, pullovers, etc), league fees, assoc fees, insurance, game balls, umps, and 4 or 5 tourney fees. This is our first year so we have to get pretty much everything.

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Beezer:

Our budgets range from $10,000-$18,000 per team. BUT, our big expense is paying coaches and trainers. Without the coaching, we're at $6,000-$10,000 per team (it'd be maybe $1500-$2000 more if we were first starting).

Some expenses are known: Uniform, Insurance, Tournament Fees (roughly $400/per around here).

Variables are: Field Costs, Coaching Costs, Umpires, Financial Assistance, miscellaneous (team party, etc).

If you have volunteer coaches, you need to decide if your team is going to pay their travel expenses, etc. For a national tournament week, that can be another $2,000 when you add up hotel, air, rent-a-car and some food.

It depends on how much you want to travel. I know some 10U teams with a 20k budget and some with 5k.

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Originally posted by redbird5:
It depends on how much you want to travel. I know some 10U teams with a 20k budget and some with 5k.

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This year, our travel will be pretty much in-state and the associated travel expenses will be borne by the parents (food, hotels, etc.). Unless we get some big corp sponsor or something, the team will only be paying for tourney fees.

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Came in a little over $6000 last year, but we have a league sponsorship and they front us a lot of things like balls, equipment, and field/cage usage.

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http://www.kristensfastpitchworld.com/index.asp

The budgets for the teams my son plays with have ranged from $6000-$1000 it depends on how far you want to go with it. I spoke to a coach last week that had a buget of $45,000 for his team this year. I think they charter a bus for out of state trips.

My son's travel team for the last two years had a budget between $25,000 to $27,000. In 2003 they made two trips to Cooperstown, NY and they played in one more World Series type tournament.

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Astrodad, Slider24. Where does this money come from? The parents I know do not have that type of resources? Major sponsors? What sponsor would put out a large amount (over $500) of money for a pre high school team?

Does the team cover all travel expenses for the players and parents to each event plus all of the ususal team equipment, etc?

We operate on a shoe string budget. My player parents pay $450 for the spring/summer season then a little more for Aug. to Nov. Each family pays for their own room and board for out of town trips. We play between 60-75 games a year, most in tournaments.

FieldBuilder

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Fieldbuilder,

We have 4 large sponsors.

Fieldbuilder,
My sons team sponsored four tournaments in 2003 and three tournaments in 2002. That was where the bulk of the money came from. Also, player fees, garage sale, golf tournament, and many small companies donating money. The team does not pay for the families travel expenses.

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AstroDad and others,

How much have you raised through a golf tourney?

$1500 per player x 13 players = $19,500

FieldBuilder
Our parent out of pocket expence is about like yours is. We average $500-$800 per player (11) kids and try to get sponsors for the remainder. Parents pay for any travel related expences.

KellerDad,

How do you get $1500 per player from a golf tourney?

redbird, that was the cost of playing last year, not a golf tourney.

When I coached 12U last year our spring budget was $ 7500.

10 tournaments$ 400 each
sanction fees $ 200
Insurance $100
hats/shirts $ 700
field practice fees $ 1500
Prof. Instruction/clinics/supplies $ 1000

We had some fundraisers and a few sponsors and were able to get it down under $ 100 per kid(per month).

Were also able to raise an additional $ 3000 through sponsors to got to World Series.

Redbird5,
I'm not real sure how much our golf tournaments have raised but I think it's somewhere between $700.00 to $1000.00 per tournament. Again, let me say, our real money comes from hosting tournaments.

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We get the majority of ours from a single sponsor and are able to keep the players cost to $100. We also have an annual tournament and do some individual fundraising throughout the year.

http://www.highviewheat.com/index.asp

http://www.kristensfastpitchworld.com/index.asp

AstroDad,

I agree with you.