Hey Everyone-
As you may have noticed if you have registered, we have increased fees by $3 this season. A general explanation is below, but if you're curious about more details, feel free to shoot us an email.
Your league fees cover a few basic expenses:
Fields (rented from Tallahassee Parks and Rec)
USA Ultimate insurance
Discs
Jerseys
Miscellaneous admin expenses (e.g. copies, postage)
Equipment (e.g. cones, water coolers)
League parties (we try to keep this expense low)
Rebates for new female players
Fall is our most expensive season, since we order discs for the whole year, so in the fall, our budget is tight, then we have some extra from spring and summer to start the cycle again. Most of our costs have stayed constant (or changed just a little) for the last couple of years, but we have tried a few different companies for t-shirts/jerseys, which is one reason for the increase. We are using the same company we used for fall, but in order to stay balanced, and put a little extra away, fees are going up by $3. The number of teams we have also affects the field budget, so we have a to make a guess about that and we're staying on the conservative side.
On a similar note, we are looking for a volunteer or two that is interested in helping us with fund raising and sponsorships. As most of you know, we partnered with Tijuana Flats last season and they gave us 10% of their sales from TU players on Sundays. We'd like to continue this sort of thing and reach out to other local businesses for support. If this is something that you are good at, let us know!
We hope to see you all January 23rd!
-TU Board
My stepdad is the Assistant Manager for Earth Fare and I'm sure we could get something going on with them if everyone would like to do that!
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