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I have raised 3 wonderful girls that all were cheerleaders.
The problem of late is that cheerleading has become very expensive. It cost over $500.00 to be a member of the squad this year.

Is this become a problem at other schools?
Our squad went from 24 cheerleaders with over 60 trying out to 9 cheerleaders with everyone making the squad.

Being a father of a boy and girl, I understand the costs very well. You are right, the costs are pretty high for cheerleading, but not out of comparison for the other sports. That $500 covers a lot of things i.e. uniforms, gymnastics, competition entry fees, etc...

My son plays multiple sports. For a single sport, it's not just the $175 player fee that he has to pay. By the time I am finished with his fees and training costs for baseball alone, we are well over a $1K per year.