ol' gus":1nz1h8uy said:
coachsatcher":1nz1h8uy said:
That's funny. I'm not a fan of them, but they sure are much easier on my feeble budget. Tough to make $1,500/year last when you're dropping $79.00/ball. Fortunately, someone gave us field paint this year, so we're going to make it; but boy it gets closer and closer every year.
How many balls does it take each year? just wondren. I thought I saw leather balls at Walmart for less than 79. How much is a full set of new uni's each year? I really don't know.
We like to carry at least four. It's nice to have back ups just in case, but at bare minimum, we carry four. A football, to be legal, must be approved by the NCAA. One of the huge misconceptions is that if it's stamped by NFHS it's ok, but NFHS has no official say in the equipment use for UIL athletics. We feel like we're buying the cheapest balls on the market at $69-$79, which means we're typically spending around $300/year on footballs. Uniforms are different for every school. We buy ours every two years, but the boys have to do fundraisers to cover the cost. You can go crazy and spend over $100 on just the jersey, but we typically spend about $30-$40 a piece. We got our pants donated from Goodsports.org.
