Would you pay $750 for cheerleading.

Wow! that is insane!!! When I was in school, the school furnished everything. Uniforms were school owned, and anything extra was raised by fundraisers. Heck, even now of field trips, the kids are expected to bring a lunch, since not everyone can afford to go to McDonald's anymore. Putting a price tag like that on extracurricular activities really alienates a lot of students who could be very good at those activities.

wow,i remember when my daughter was a cheerleader in jr.high an high school..the cost wasnt as high as $750 but it was high i think $250.00 for her to go to cheerleading camp an plus you had to buy the shoes an other stuff,but still $250.00 back then, that was alot of money.that was 15years ago.but we did fund raiser..bake sale/carwash/garage sell/ .if i were you yes" i would try to come up with the money for her.this is something she will always remember an talk about..my daughter is talking to her daughter about chearleading an she is old enough now to be on a team.an she is thinking about trying out for chearleading..but i understand if you cannot afford it.but at least try!for your daughter sake.this way if you dont come up with the money you can say you tryed"

Save that money for college...or better yet, tell her it's going towards a car. Make up a worthy investment that she'll be proud of. Besides, have you seen the cheerleaders now these days? Is it me or is it training for exotic dancers? I was watchin "Big Mama 2" and in that movie, the little girl was at her cheerleading team dance. I was blushing when I watched those litte girls move their hips. When did they become so bold?

The first $400 would have been too far over the top for me. Education is a lot more expensive now than when my kids were in school but when their classes wanted to do special things the kids worked at fund raisers. A few of the kids went beyond the selling candybars or magazines and that kind of stuff and got a local business to allow them to set a car was up in the parking lot with access to water at no charge. Just 'giving' these kids $750 is not going to do anything to teach them the value of a dollar.

No, that is way too expensive. You could use that money for a savings account for her for college! That is way too much to pay! I was doing pageants with my daughter until it just got so outrageous. It is amazing how much money parents spend of their children for nothing. I say use the money for something that might benefit them in the long run. I am sure she could probably join a school squad and it wouldn't be that much.

Lol wow. This is outrageous. I mean I would try to direct the girl in a different direction (other sports), or try to oppose the price (write a letter or talk to the officals). I wouldn't really make a push about it unless she REALLY wanted to do cheerleading. The decision would be based on her desire. And yes, I'm responding to your discussion even though you only responded to the one post N not other cuz I'm a nice guy. :).

it's to expensive i won't

Absolutely not. They need to teach them to raise the money theirselves. As you mentioned fundraising. Parents or at least not all are made of money i for one am not. Things are not handed to you in life on a silver platter you have to have a job to get them or at least own a company either way you got the money for the things you need by offering a service. These children at that age need to learn these values and work doing fundraisers for the extra things they need.

There is NO way I would pay this for extras that might not even be used. No way! If cheerleaders want to enter a competition thats all well and good, but heck, don't expect the parents to fork everything out for it. Start fund raisers for Gods sake! $750 is WAY too expensive! What was the $400 for to begin with? Their uniforms? What extras could they possibly want that would cost so much?

I was in cheerleading for about seven years of my life, and I always had to pay above 500 dollars till high school then it became 1200 each year:(...yeah it is a lot these days

don't think it as a step mother, take it as ur own child. think these as investment which can give sweeter fruit, suppose ur child ultimately get into national team or in international meet. so always be ready to support. u can urself try to get sponsor from some company.

I would not even put $750 for cheerleading -- now way! I'd rather pay rent for that money or save it for something else that is useful. $750 for cheerleading? Geesh! They sure are greedy!

As a past high school and college cheerleader, and current competition coach, I can tell you that this is relatively cheep for a competition squad. You didn't indicate her grade level, but I coach a squad of 9 and 10 year old midget league girls and here is what we need: We supply the basic uniform (no cost to the girls) spankees $6 2 pair imprinted cheer socks $14 Pom poms $60 hair ditties $10 Team imprinted sweats/jacket $78 Cheer shoes $56 carry bag (uniform/poms) $17 personal tumbling instruction$100 (optional;we pay gymnasts) 5 day cheer camp $200 That comes up to $541.00. This does not include the time that is spent, gas and eating out when attending functions, or optional practice cheer wear that the girls usually want. You are right...it is high...but being in a competitive squad is what attributes to the extra costs. The tumbling and cheer camp to teach the choreography makes up $300 of that. As your girl gets older and more advanced these costs climb too. It is not abnormal to pay upwards of $2500 for a cheer camp for competitive cheerleading. Fundraising is great...but it seems as though just a few girls do all of the work. Maybe you Moms could go to the local retailers and see if they will help sponsor your girls. This works for us! We go to the local merchants first, use what they donate in cash or merchandise and then figure out what each girl needs to have all of the necessary items.

I think I would be talking to the sponsor to see why that much money is needed, and if all of it is necessary, then I would suggest a fund raiser and offer to help. That's pretty high. My squad is paying like $225 this year, and that covers everything, since the school is finally going to by our uniforms this year.

When my sister joined cheerleading I think it ended up being 250 bucks, but then slowly may have escalated. She got a job helping clean houses in order to do it, other kids could try to do the same..good experience

unimaginable, $750 for cheerleasing!

this is very bad 750$ for cheerleading but what can we do , for our childern we have to do weather it is 750 or 1000 this is our destiny

If money is not a concern, and the kid really likes it, I say go ahead. There is only so much time left in a kid's youth. Sigh, why do organisers like to get parents to spend so much. I had to cough up my own fees when I did my activities in school, maybe you can let your kid do the same. Get a part time. Its kinda good that they learn the process of making money to cover for what they want.

No I wouldn't and kudos to you for saying no also. But, too bad the ones that are hurt by the steep prices are the kids. Hopefully she is motivated and goes out and raises the money herself.

NO WAY OF ME PAYING FOR THAT . come on , try want the kids to cheer and spend all the energy and they want the money also. tha tis not good. expalin the kid and make her understand that its is difficult for u to support her in that , kids are suppose to know the financial problems in the family, let her join for some swimming classes or some thing like that , that will help her mentally and physically , and who knows what the destiny have store for her, even she can become a sports star . try to explain it to her ,but dont demotivate her , that will do more harm than good