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There are other costs. Field rentals being the biggest cost. The only clubs that make money on their club teams in maryland are the ones that force their teams to play in their own events. Breakers, hawks, mad lax, etc. 91 md makes money due to what they charge

There are other costs. Field rentals being the biggest cost. The only clubs that make money on their club teams in maryland are the ones that force their teams to play in their own events. Breakers, hawks, mad lax, etc. 91 md makes money due to what they charge

Lol at these idiot dads. Field space is expensive. You have to pay for coaches, uniforms, insurance, etc.

Not a shock at your simplistic math. Typical of Looney's parents.m

So can you please give me what one day of field rental cost? And then we can do this number times 10 or 12 practices for during the summer season. So if the field cost $200 a night that comes to 2k or $2400 We still are looking at a nice car worth of profits.

So can you please give me what one day of field rental cost? And then we can do this number times 10 or 12 practices for during the summer season. So if the field cost $200 a night that comes to 2k or $2400 We still are looking at a nice car worth of profits.

teams are practicing 10 months a year or more so try more like 40-50 practices /yr. Don't forget fall tournaments and spring leagues. And some coaches get paid or their kids play for free. Turf fields are 150-200/hr. Profits are in the tournaments not teams

Crabs, Looney's, FCA, Hawks, 91..etc, do you honestly think their top teams will play in competition like stated above? They are the top programs in the area and if they can't compete in the top brackets they most Limey won't have a team. These clubs are protecting their brand by doing so. Ther are plenty of other clubs in the area that will take your money and put a non-competitive team together, these clubs will not. People can complain all they want about what happened with the two Looney's teams, but it was the proper thing to do to protect their brand.

Lol at these idiot dads. Field space is expensive. You have to pay for coaches, uniforms, insurance, etc.

Not a shock at your simplistic math. Typical of Looney's parents.m

The only idiot is the person who thinks money going into a coaches pocket is not profit. Its like a business owner saying his salary is not profit. LOL. So I am guessing if we add up everything we listed here minus the coaches pay. There will be a lot of "profit" left to PAY the coaches.

teams are practicing 10 months a year or more so try more like 40-50 practices /yr. Don't forget fall tournaments and spring leagues. And some coaches get paid or their kids play for free. Turf fields are 150-200/hr. Profits are in the tournaments not teams

most team practice more than 1 hour, and some clubs have 2 teams per age group...factor in uniforms, coach pay (i don't know how you call this a profit). As another poster mentioned, only profitable venture is tournaments or camps.

most team practice more than 1 hour, and some clubs have 2 teams per age group...factor in uniforms, coach pay (i don't know how you call this a profit). As another poster mentioned, only profitable venture is tournaments or camps.

So at 150$ this comes to $7500 for 50 practices over a full year. So I am not wrong when I say team charge more money for Spring and fall lacrosse on top of the $1500 or so for the summer tournament season. I think they charge around half for fall so this is $2250 per kid per year if they are a high school kid. 24 kids on a team. This equals 54k. 3 fall tournaments 4 summer at $1750 each comes to $12250 plus a year of practice field time $19750. So you got uniforms, insurance and what else to pay for with the 34k left over. And money you pay the coaches I call profit. Salary is profit not expenses.

You are trying to make a case against for profit clubs but you are posting on a forum about a non profit. 1100-1500 would be for fall spring summer w looneys. Helmet, box league, sweatshirt etc would be extra but not compulsory. Most teams carry 18-22. Not sure how coaches sons works but would think they don't pay full freight. Paid coaches are generally college players home for summer. Would guess they get 500-1000. Wouldn't call that profit. The for profit enterprises like hawks, madlax, team 91 or breakers cost over 2k and those clubs also run tournaments. Clubs like looneys, fca, laxworld etc don't line anyone's pockets. There maybe other motivations you don't like for guys to spend their time running and coaching these teams, but mainly they are guys that love the sport and enjoy coaching kids.

We can all lament that we are paying 10x what parents paid just 10 years ago. But we keep lining up to do so. Therefore clubs will continue to pop up and people will make money. That's ok if they provide a good experience

How can someone take home a income. And this is not a profit.

Looneys 2020 kids are shopping around. Talking about moving to their respective club tied their high school.

Looneys 2020 kids are shopping around. Talking about moving to their respective club tied their high school.

If you pay a person to mow your lawn, is that a profit? Do you claim that as income on YOUR taxes. Salaries are expenses to the program. If the owner is a coach, then his salary is an expense against the club and INCOME for him, not profit.

Doubt it!

What clubs would they be?

Doubt it!

What clubs would they be?

Parents should always be looking and on top of what there club and other clubs are doing and offer. You should always be a agent for your son. If you put your head in the sand you will be left holding the bag.

As someone who is running a club, field space costs money but you can mitigate the cost by having two team use one field and split the cost. To maximize profits a club would need an even number of teams and as many "Volunteer" dad coaches as possible. If you charge $1500 per kid with 20 kids, run the HOCO league, 5 middle school summer tournaments, two practices a week, make each person pay for their own US lacrosse membership, give a decent uniform package with socks, have off season training indoors, you can make anywhere from $5k to $8K per team. You will have one time fees for Incorporating and tax structuring. Ein numbers can be obtained through the IRS at no cost. Management time still comes into play as you will be chasing people for money (huge headache), players will leave, and you will need to back fill spots as little johnies is not getting any playing time or getting any better. A good club owner will attend all the tournaments and mingle with the parents, clients, to maintain persistency with player returning. Finally, coaches sons will play for the cost of the uniform or free. Can be a nice side job.

Syman tics sir, If they are smart enough to take all the money you give them every year and pay out all the people working with the club money that they go use to buy things or food.
My your logic they did not make a profit. So with your theory if all the money left over goes to someones personal account the club has not made a profit?

It's spelled "semantics". Another genius lax dad.

Its what spell check spit out. Sorry but the point is still correct.

Looney's 2023 assistant coaches epic meltdown at today's 2023 game was embarrassing. Screaming, threatening and suspending play because your kid got checked hard...Really. Just say no to Dad coaches.....Hope you enjoyed the game from the stands...By the way your kid should have been removed from the field today for his retaliation checking to the face and his meltdown as well.. Great work dirtbag...

Looney's 2023 assistant coaches epic meltdown at today's 2023 game was embarrassing. Screaming, threatening and suspending play because your kid got checked hard...Really. Just say no to Dad coaches.....Hope you enjoyed the game from the stands...By the way your kid should have been removed from the field today for his retaliation checking to the face and his meltdown as well.. Great work dirtbag...

So Looneys...what did you have to do/pay/promise to get Howard county to look the other way while you bring your illegal player up from Florida? Would love to know because there are some more rules that maybe we could all get them to ignore.

So Looneys...what did you have to do/pay/promise to get Howard county to look the other way while you bring your illegal player up from Florida? Would love to know because there are some more rules that maybe we could all get them to ignore.

. I have an idea, how about we all ignore an [lacrosse] like you. Not associated with Looneys but really tired of you ladies getting your panties all twisted. Go find something important to stress out about because this shouldn't be it.