Participation Fees and the Levy

Last levy season we were warned that pay-to-participate would increase if the levy was not passed.  Much of the support for the levy was based on this.  Many are supporting the levy this time as well because of this.

 

However, a researcher at Chardon 4 Liberty has made a stunning discovery.  A "uniform across the board reduction" if the levy passes is "unlikely" (emphasis mine).

 

Even any reduction at all is only "likely"; and what these "likely" reductions will be are to be evaluated after the levy.

This means that if the levy passes Chardon will not only get revenue from the levy, but will also receive the additional revenue from pay-to-participate fees. 

There is of course another solution.  A large percentage of the participation fees exist because of the paying of coaches.  There are barriers to entry; one must be a teacher to be a coach.  And yet, teachers are no more qualified to be a coach than an average citizen.  Why not allow volunteers to do the coaching job?  There may be some costs that will increase under this method, but as a whole they will decrease considerably.  Coaching salaries currently reach a stunning $300,000 per year, certainly not an effective use of resources when P2P costs are skyrocketing.  Either leaving the job totally to volunteers or allowing competition in the field would push down costs considerably.