The Following Is an Explanation of the PCSA Player Fees. Past Practice Dictates That To

Player Fees

The following is an explanation of the PCSA player fees. Past practice dictates that to run a travel team it can cost about $5,000/team for a basic travel schedule with minimum equipment. This amount is based on payment for tournaments, umpires, team equipment, insurance, and uniforms.This does not include banners, website, administrative costs, PO Box rental, etc.

The player fees last year were $107. I am sure with the PCSA Board’s decision to raise player fees to $520 has created some questions. This handout hopefully will answer those questions and/or concerns.

Before the explanation, our association Mission Statement: The Mission of the PCSA is to provide opportunities that develop softball skills, character and citizenship.Our hope is that families that are a part of the PCSA will embrace the greater good. In other words, it will be impossible for us to establish a system that is equal. If it feels as if you are not getting the bang for your buck, please realize that you are still helping a community foster its young women to stay involved in an activity; and the PCSA board will do our part to do the best we can to be fair to all.

Last year, the PCSA charged $107 and did numerous fundraisers throughout the year to offset the minimal player fees. There were concerns raised by parents who worked the fundraisers and saw other families not participate and still reap the benefits of the PCSA program. Our board realized not all families can participate in all fundraisers; however, we did feel that we could improve upon last year.

Our decision was to give a dollar amount to the parents that if in doing no fundraisers, this would be the amount owed to the PCSA. Hence the $520. To reduce the fees, as players, coaches and parents, we will need to again participate in fundraisers throughout the year. The goal of the fundraising is to reduce the effective cost to you individually to a more reasonable sum. However, it will all depend on the fundraising efforts and dollars raised as to how much we can reduce it by.

Here is the breakdown:

Fees

$120 due by the September 15, 2013. Checks made payable to PCSA. Each team coach will collect these fees at the parent meeting unless other arrangement have been made. This fee is non-refundable and is basically a commitment to the team in which your daughter is assigned. This fee will not be a part of the amount that can be deducted from fundraisers.

An additional $400 is due by April 15, 2014. We will do a number of fundraisers which will align with the fundraisers we participated in last year with possible variations of what we sell. Yet, the exception is that the money generated by your family will go directly to your player’s fee rather than to the entire organization. If additional money is made beyond the player’s fee, then the player’s team will receive the added collections.

Item sales

All profit from the selling of items e.g. Braxx cups, Butches Pizza by your family will be applied to the $400 balance.

The board is open to other selling of items by individual teams. This needs to first be approved by the board because we would want the organization to publicize this so the community is aware of what the PCSA is selling and so we do not duplicate items. For example, we are looking into possibly selling Titanium necklaces and bracelets.

PCSA Fundraising Events

The other way to reduce your player’s fee is to participate in our PCSA events: Moose Breakfast, Tag Days, Kouri’s, Sonic and PaPa Murphy Nights, Bags Tournament, our own summer tournamentsand to be a committee chairperson or be a member of a committee.

Events like our dinner/parent meeting, in which our organization makes some money, the board will divide the profit dollar amount by the number of players and deduct that amount from the $400 balance. For this particular event, we are giving each age group team $2 for every dinner sold. That money then will be divided amongst the roster of girls and subtracted from the amount owed.

We realize that we will not be able to issue ‘tickets’ to keep track of team participation for every event, like our Kouri’s, Sonic and PaPa Murphy Nights; but we hope that all will try to make at least a few of these events. All profits from these events will be divided between all players and subtracted from the $400.

Business, Personal and Corporate Sponsorships

The business sponsorships will be divided between all players. The business and corporate sponsorships will be called upon by our Business Sponsorship Committee only. If you know a business that would be interested in donating to our organization or if you are interested in being on the Business Sponsorship Committee please contact our Chairperson Yolanda Hall. We would like to have a representative from each team on this committee, but would settle for a member from each age group. If a business will only donate if the monies go to a certain team, the PCSA will allow that of course.

The chair of this committee will receive at least $250 toward player’s fees. Each committee member will receive up to $50 towards player fees depending on time commitment and sponsorships secured. The corporate sponsorships will be money used for the PCSA organization to use to run a non-profit organization and to buy bulk equipment items: IE pitching machines, etc. The corporate monies will not be divided amongst players, only the business or personal sponsorship monies.

The fundraising committee is in need of a chairperson. We also need member representatives from each team. The chair will receive $250 towards the $400 player fees and each member will receive up to $50 deduction based on time committed, meetings attended and monies generated. After the fundraising committee fees have been paid all monies will be divided between all players.

Moose Breakfast

We have six Moose Breakfast dates starting in October and running once a month on the 4thSunday of each month. Each team will be assigned one Sunday to work the breakfast. Families that work the breakfast will be given $10 towards their player fees for every 2 1/2hour time slot. (Tentatively 7-9:30 AM; 9:30-noon). Profits from the breakfast (after subtracting worker payments) will be divided amongst the players on that team.

Tag Days

We host a Tag Day on the Saturday before Easter. We will need volunteers to ‘man’ the businesses that have given us permission to stand there and take donations for our organization. The families that work Tag Day will receive $10 towards player fees for every 2 hour time slot. All monies after the worker payments have been paid will be divided between all players.

Reminder: Parent Meeting DinnerSunday, September 15th email your coach with dinner numbers by 9/7/13.$7.00 Chicken Strip and Spaghetti dinner with breadstick. Tea, water and coffee included. Bar open at additional cost for soda and alcohol. This is our first fundraiser of the season so all welcomed. 8U and 10U 4-5:30 PM ~~~~~ 12U, 14U and 16U 6-7:30 PM