Guest wrote: ↑Thu May 22, 2025 2:09 pm
Newmarket Minor Hockey Registration fee is $775
Richmond Hill Minor Hockey is $699
Stouffville Minor Hockey Association is $750
Upper York is $750
Aurora is $975.
Aurora had around 1,000 kids last year - this increase should generate an additional $225,000 for an association that boasts one of the longest and most followed complaint boards in all of minor hockey. I very much hope all of this additional revenue is going to the kids development and NOT to consulting fees for directors or other un-hockey related operating expenses.
Nothing is going to change until they see registrations start to fall off or if there is enough demand to review the books, budget and expenditures to see where the money is going.
As long as they have 1000 families willing to pay the money, they aren't going to change anything.
This is the biggest issue with minor hockey. No one knows where all this money goes. These are supposed to be non profits that are there to provide a cheap recreational activity for kids but somewhere along the way, someone has figured out how to monetize it and line their pockets.
I have run teams before and let me say that no one has ever questioned where the money went or asked to see my budget because with fundraising, sponsorships and some DIY stuff, my fees were so low, you would have to question why I was doing it so cheap!