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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Hockey seems to be overtly expensive, more than most, no?
I remember soccer being a relatively easy and low-barrier sport to play. And scouts would (apparently) show up in the stands here and there during some of the games. I never got a call back for anything but I don't recall my parents having to pay extra for things like skill development or combines.
I suspect these things are more sophisticated now and much more of a business.
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Not necessarily. Elite hockey is more expensive, but our kids played community and most kids we knew in other sports (soccer, club volleyball, club basketball, dance, swimming) were paying more per year than we were. At the time hockey was working out to be about $15-20 per hour which was equivalent to what I pay for beer league, and on par with many other forms of entertainment.