ASA Teams who DO NOT give families a BUDGET

[Uncle Rico]

Our Team Manager puts out a financial statement every month, right down to the penny. I have not heard one complaint from parents all year regarding the money. Now, complaining about other things that is a different story

[lombardisoftball]

Here are ASA Gold Classified Teams - Comment if you know if the team gives families a budget.

American Pastime Gold
Artesia Punishers
CA RAGE GOLD
California Desperados - Gre
California Raiders
California Thunder - Joe
California Thunder - Valari
Case Batbusters
Corona Angels - Marty
Corona Angels - Phil
Courage
Fillys Gold
Firecrackers - Brad
Firecrackers - Ristow
Fury Softball
Irvine Sting
JETS Gold
Mizuno Pride
OC Dynasty
OC Elite - Christina
OC Elite - Greg
OC Hawks
Power Surge - Gold
RBI Monarchs
Riverside Rookies
San Diego Legacy
San Diego Breakers
San Diego County Breakers
San Diego Mystics
San Diego Renegades
Scorpions
SGV Velocity
So Cal Cobras
So Cal Hurricanes
So Cal Pumas - Wike
So Cal Rebels
So Cal Spirit
So. Cal. Sliderz
SoCal Wicked - Limon
South Bay Diamond Girls
South Bay Quest
Strike Force Gold
Strike Force Gold - Gabe
Strike Force Gold - Jensen
Sudden Impact - Skip
Teamsmith
TNL
USA Athletics
USA Revolution
Valley Breeze

[SoftballSoccerDad]

With few exceptions (like churches), registered non-profits are required to make financial reports available to their members.

Every team should have a checking account and a debit card. In any given year, there should be very few cash transactions for team/organization expenditures. Everything is handled by card (and a few checks here and there, of course) and cash deposits from fundraisers are done immediately.

This is just common sense...and will save tons of headaches.

[SportGuy]

Our Team Manager puts out a financial statement every month, right down to the penny. I have not heard one complaint from parents all year regarding the money. Now, complaining about other things that is a different story

I wish our team was on that ASA list. I'd rat on'em in a second. We had a decent year, went to TC and yes money is gone. Is what it is.

But we as a majority of parents simply suggested we would like to see a statement about four months ago. A lotta yeah yeah yeah... Never got one. As Uncle Rico mentioned.... just throw the statement out there for the parents and take the one complaint away. It's just that simple.

When I purchase ANYTHING over ten dollars... I like to look at my receipt. Many here are implying don't ask and just accept the way it is. Say WHAAAT! If you all ain't car salesmen, you should be. "Yeah it slips outta second gear, but you'll get use to it. hehe"

Parents shouldn't have to ask for a monthly statement, just provide it for them. It's just simple math if you don't have something to hide. Explain it to the parents like this.

If you have 10 rocks and you need to take away 12 rocks... YOU NEED TWO MORE FN ROCKS! Believe it or not it works the same on paper.

I know... my kid ain't going anywhere with this kinda attitude. But you still gotta deal with me for now.

[Surehitter]

If you are with a top organization - Don't ask and just accept the fact of what it is. We made the mistake of asking when our older daughter was playing and paid the price. With the younger daughter we have just kept our mouths shut and figured the extra expense is worth playing the better teams on the better fields at every exposure tournament. If we were on a B level Gold team I would not be able stomach it.

[Dreamseam]

My dd has played for 4 of the organizations on this list since 12u, ( just finishing up our first year of 18 gold) we have never received a budget, a statement, or any information regarding how the money is spent. We never asked for one because I never cared about it. I always felt that I was paying for the costs of team business, the coaching, and participation.
What does it matter where the money goes, if you are told in advance how much it is and agree to it, what difference does it make after that. If you aren't happy with the direction that your team is going or the decisions that your coaches make leave . Go play where you are happy.
Jmo

[Scoop n K]

If you are with a top organization - Don't ask and just accept the fact of what it is.

What? Must be an Obama supporter...only that could explain that Laissez-faire attitude. What a joke!

[DDG]

If you are with a top organization - Don't ask and just accept the fact of what it is.

What? Must be an Obama supporter...only that could explain that Laissez-faire attitude. What a joke!

Hands off attitude? Where do you see that?

He did ask before and it did not go well for his kid. He made the choice that the experience of being on a high profile team is more important than knowing what the detailed financials are.

[Scoop n K]

The "hands off attitude" I am referring to is not the due to the individual making a choice to be a part of one of these types of organizations. That, free choice, is huge and what make life in the US great. My problem is simply with those that complain, and yet wont ask, thereby creating incessant bitc*(g on a team. If you REALLY want to know, all you have to do is ask. You may not get the answer you want, or may not even get an answer at all. Then you can decide. Letting something go just because you don't want to ask , however, is Laissez-faire. By the way, thanks so much for tranlating my poor French.
Actually, I apologize for bringing them up here!

[All-American SB]

Figuring out the expenses for any team is fairly easy. Just think about it. 3 friendlies a month @ $120. 1 tournament @ $350. Batting cages for weekly batting $150. 1 dozen balls to be used for the friendlies $60. I had 12 players at $75 each. Took in $900 a month and spent $920. Lucky that we got our practice fields for free.