Budget and Fee Overview
Budget Overview
Norfolk United Soccer Club charges registration fees to all players, which provides the bulk of the income to the League. Donations from individuals and Corporations provide additional funds to the League. Fund raising evens are sometimes held to raise additional funds. In the past, tournaments are held by the League which provide some net income.
The registration fees go to pay for a variety of direct and indirect costs associated with the League. Direct costs include VYSA fees and player insurance for each player. The League buys equipment (balls, bags, cones, etc) that are provided to all coaches. Open attendance player clinics are held during the week under supervision of the Director of Coaching. Referees are provided for all U-9 and older games. Coaching clinics and license classes are also provided at modest cost by the League.
Some part of the League income is set aside for player scholarships. Any player who needs financial support to play may appeal to the Scholarship Committee.
The City of Norfolk owns the fields at Lake Taylor and they charge the League a fee to use the fields. The League buys goals, nets, corner flags and other items needed for the games. The League buys paint to line fields (done every week). Finally, the League is working with the city to improve the fields by spreading grass seed, aerating the soil, filling low spots, moving goals and other activities which involve some costs for supplies.
The League has three paid positions: Registrar, Office manager and Director of Coaching. In addition, the League maintains an office which requires office equipment, supplies, phones, postage and the like.
Fee Overview
NUSC is a nonprofit organization run by volunteers to ensure that our fees are kept as low as possible. As such we have a very low overhead to provide the best value in soccer play in all of tidewater.
What are fees cover
Base Costs: This fee covers Virginia Youth Soccer Association fees, injury insurance for each player, salary for the Director of Coaching and the Office Administrator, field permits, web site, data base, office equipment and supplies, port-a-potties at Lake Taylor, and educational material for parents and coaches.
Referee Costs: This fee covers the cost of referees for games (U-9 and above) who use referees.
Field Maintenance Costs: This fee covers the cost of goals, nets, corner flags, line painting, coaching equipment and minor field repairs.
TASL Costs: The fee covers the cost of the Tidewater Advanced Soccer League (TASL) that we play in that aranges games at the advance level among various Hampton Roads soccer clubs.
Capital Investment: This covers the cost to upgrade facilities and replace equipment such as goals, shed etc.
Fund Raising: We do not charge a fund raising cost in our league fee. Money is raised only from from individual and corporate donations, sponsorship of the League by companies and sales events during the season. These funds are used for long term goals (field improvements, adding lights to fields, providing consessions and toilets). These funds will also be used for scholarships, expanding participation in the League, coach and player education and other developmental activities.
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