So it's pretty clear that fees of over $2k a year are a major impediment to getting talented youngsters into the NPL (and to a lesser extent SAP).

With fees that high it's obvious that young guns that can't afford it are missing out to our detriment. (I'm assuming everyone is on board with casting to the widest possibly net).

So clearly fees are a major issue. The question is then how to reduce them because there are costs associated with these teams that are substantial including substantial travel, paid coaches, multiple kits etc etc.

If a club only has X dollars raised from all of the juniors and those under 6's through 11's are paying say $200 a year do you jack those costs up for all those kids to reduce fees for the NPL?

Just exactly what do you do to get the costs down?