Schools that charge to watch baseball and softball?

 
Defiance just started doing it this season. It might've even been announced after the season began. They cited the rising cost of umpires.
 
The WOAC schools charge $7 for adults and $5 for students. All of our non conference games we haven't had to pay. I can see more conferences doing it in the future.
 
BobcatBomber said:
I believe all of the GCL South schools charge for home games.
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Yeah, love the walk back to LaSalle's field dodging lacrosse balls and when you finally get to the back, they kick you in the n"ts and charge you for said walk. lol

I will say our athletic director AND coach gave fair warning...
 
Nash said:
Defiance just started doing it this season. It might've even been announced after the season began. They cited the rising cost of umpires.
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And they have an easy set up to charge at their venue. Not every school is set up for that.
 
thePITman said:
This. It's virtually impossible at most high school baseball fields, in my experience.
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1000%. My school has this problem.

We only charge at tournament games that we host because we have to. Otherwise, the physical layout of our school grounds doesn't make it practical.
 
Ericles said:
1000%. My school has this problem.

We only charge at tournament games that we host because we have to. Otherwise, the physical layout of our school grounds doesn't make it practical.
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Until they redid fencing in the athletic complex at my school, it was easy to bypass any efforts to charge admission by just going in a different way. There are still ways to do it but they now involve either walking through a farmers field or trespassing on someone's backyard
 
my kids schools only charge for playoff games.

Part of our issue with not charging is our baseball field is in a public park , so part of the agreement was no charging for HS games.
 
Is baseball/softball the only varsity sports that don't typically charge a gate fee in Ohio high school sports?
 
Also, it is mostly just parents and students going to the games. I would hate to see them charge the students and the parents are already paying quite a bit to play these sports.
 
Our school (and most, I would think) charge for track because, being in a stadium, there is a designated entrance gate and therefore a suitable place to take tickets. Unlike most baseball and softball fields.
 
thePITman said:
Our school (and most, I would think) charge for track because, being in a stadium, there is a designated entrance gate and therefore a suitable place to take tickets. Unlike most baseball and softball fields.
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Our conference charges for track in this manner and for the same reason. And a few years ago, we started having combined MS/HS league meets.
 
My school installed a gravel lot behind the RF/CF fence, so a lot of parents just back their vehicles up and watch there. Since this is "outside" the "stadium" its a free way to watch games even when there is admission.
 
CedarBuck92 said:
My school installed a gravel lot behind the RF/CF fence, so a lot of parents just back their vehicles up and watch there. Since this is "outside" the "stadium" its a free way to watch games even when there is admission.
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Many/most of those parents will drop more in a weekend at travel ball what they would in a season of high school baseball....

They should be embarrassed at this.
 
AllSports12 said:
Many/most of those parents will drop more in a weekend at travel ball what they would in a season of high school baseball....

They should be embarrassed at this.
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Considering the only games that are charged for are usually postseason games and I don't think we have ever hosted more than 2 in any given season... I'm not sure I agree about embarrassment. I do agree with your overall point though that parents spend way more for one weekend travel ball tourney than they do in an entire season of HS baseball.
 
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