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Originally Posted by deecee
What a bunch of hogwash. No one should work for free, even if you love something. In the end everyone should get something of value out of the exchange. Like BNR said, why can everyone else be in it for the money, but the official has to work for free?
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I am a clinician at 2-3 HS clinics every year. The most expensive is $100 for someone to attend. One association I belong to provides a free clinic to its members and it's approved by the state -- I taught the classroom portion this past year. And I will admit that I wish it was a better on-court experience, one which a more formal camp with some kind of "skin in the game" would supply.
I'm not sure why having someone pay to receive instruction is a terrible thing, though -- it's a question of how much instruction, IMO, and how much pay. When I'm a clinician, I take my duties seriously -- I'm usually on a court for at least 6 hours watching crews, taking notes, giving feedback, trying to get people better.
Have I been compensated to do this? Yes, but it's not ever been that much money that I'd consider it more than covering my expenses.
Have I hired people out of these camps now that I'm an assigner? Yes, I have. These are younger people who are motivated to get better, for the most part, and they would not have been on my radar otherwise.
If you're arguing that paying over $300 for a HS camp is out of line, I guess you'd have to decide for yourself if the level of instruction and the camp experience is worth that kind of money. There's exactly one camp I know of that meets that criteria for me, and I've been 3 times. It's not a tryout camp -- it's a HS camp -- and I've been very happy with what I've taken away from it.