Dolce&Gabbana ~ Boxe ~ Athletic Shorts For Men

Dolce&Gabbana ~ Boxe ~ Athletic Shorts For Men buy on livefashionshop.com

Men's Athletic Shorts

www.mensathleticshorts.net Control out our site and find big savings on Men's Athletic Shorts Free Royalty Free Music by DanoSongs.com

On club sports teams, athletes paying to play

Well-received to the world of college club sports -- in this case, ice hockey -- where there is no weigh about whether colleges should pay players. Instead, the players pay, sometimes dearly, for the privilege of representing their schools in a distraction they love.

"I've played hockey my whole life," said Drew Blazier, a elder who plays for The Citadel. "To be able to play for my school, that means a lot."

It means so much that hockey players at The Citadel and College of Charleston are enthusiastic to pay dues of $900 per year to play for their club teams. That's on top of shelling out for gear that can run $450 for skates, $220 for a stick, $100 for shin pads and $80 for shorts. Truncheon teams also have to pay for their own ice time, for officials and for food and shelter on the road.

"It's up-market, but it's worth it," said Blazier.

Join the club

Club teams are diverge from the varsity programs run by the schools' athletic departments, and thus receive minimal hold up from campus. College of Charleston hockey has a budget of about $30,000 per year, according to motor coach Joe Snecinski, who coached women's hockey at Yale for five years. Citadel hockey leases a locker stay at the Carolina Ice Palace and has a trailer to haul equipment. The school provides vans for avenue trips.