Whats the most expensive sport to pay for?

Question

i need ur opinion for my debate

Answer 1

Monster trucks?

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Answer 2

Hockey.Your skates start at 300$ your sticks will be 300$ and theres so many things and all the tournament to enter are like 500$ each but i did a count for my hockey equipment and the result?1500$ wich gets replaced LOTS

Answer 3

paint balling. if youre not professional , it would cost you because of the ammo, guns, hardware-gear.  

Answer 4

Cheerleading without a doubt.  Most cheer teams take gymnastics classes at about $60 per month, which our school does year long.  Multiply $60 by 12 and you get $720 for the year.  In the summer, cheerleaders go to camp, so they have to buy camp uniforms (one for each day) which would be about $150 total or higher depending on how many days.  Plus ribbon for each outfit is not included.  The price of camp is usually around $200.  New cheer shoes every year (a requirement in just about every school) starting at $60.  Plus megaphone for about $50 and poms for another $50.  Then there are the warm ups for rainy games which start at about $40.  Then the bodysuit for $25 and briefs for $15.  Next, each cheerleader is required to buy a team sweatshirt ($25), team sweatpants ($20) and a team tshirt ($20) to wear to and from competitions.  And the team bag will also be about $25-30.  In Michigan, where I'm from, every cheerleader at pretty much every school needs to buy all of these things.

Answer 5

dunno if it's the most, but gymnastics definitely pushes the boat right out money-wise!

-Coaching - Up to £5,000 a year

-Club affiliation - £5 a month

-British gymnastics affiliation - Up to £75 annually

-Leotards - Anywhere from £20-£70 for a training leotard

-Competition leos - £50-£70 for an average one,

-Fancy ones with diamantes etc are around £150.

And you don't get to choose whether you get a fancy one or not.

your coach decides.

-Other practicewear - Shorts, lycra shorts, lycra croptops.

this year alone i've paid about £70 on those.

-Warm-up tracksuits/team tracksuits - £80 for a basic, block colour one

-Matching hair bows and bobbles - About £15 :)

-Gym shoes - mine were £50

-Chalk blocks - £5

-"Tigerpaws" hand grips - £50

-Wrist supports - £15

-Ankle supports - £15

-Spray to keep leotard from riding up - £20 D:

-Competition costs - Anywhere from 100 up. !

Thinking about

-hotel costs, competition leotard, comp hair stuff,

-air travel or coach travel costs

-food costs

-competition entering costs - about £50

i know a girl who had to pay almost £12,000 to go to a comp.

-Home gym equipment - From £200-1,000

thats a dayym lot of money for people to spend on their kids. most of whom don't even make it. fortunately mine costs quite a bit less than that because i go to a small private gym. in smaller gyms the cost tends to lessen quite a lot.

Answer 6

hm.. good question.... im going to have to go with tennis on this one. the things u have to pay for are: rackets (rackets can be a big money drainer if you're playing seriously for tournaments), strings, you pay to get the rackets stringed, if you can string it yourself you need to buy the machine, balls, definitely shoes, a bag to put it all in, sweat bands, hats, and tennis grips. you have to replace the balls, strings, shoes and grips every few weeks-months depending on how hardcore you are.

Answer 7

By far, auto racing.  One car alone can cost upwards of a $1 million, not to mention repairs, travel, pit crew, and fuel

Answer 8

bull riding, custom made bull rope i bought cost $250.00, Phoenix vest cost me $390.00, spurs $22.00, for rowels theirs differnt kinds can go from $12.00-$50.00, good bull riding glove cost me $65.00 b bar b wedge glove and chaps got mine for $300.00, plus u gotta pay for the mouth guard, good boots pull ups or laced and clothes, after 150-200 bulls ull need a new bull rope, gear bag $200.00, rosins $10.00 per 1 pound bag and saddle soap bar their 3-7 dallors each, cow bells $20.00 each

Answer 9

rowing can be quite expensive.

cost alot for boats and you have to train almost everyday.

and then gym membership to keep in shape.

Answer 10

Auto sports probably top this but in case that's not within your consideration I'd say fencing. Start up costs can go up to 2295 for a basic set of equipment. Total costs are at the bottom if you want to skip all the small costs (training facilities and lessons not included).

First, (since we're including stuff like this) you need somewhere to train so, excepting a school team, you'll need to join a club (might have to anyway even if you're on a school team). Just to get on the floor 30 dollars is not unusual. Then you'll pay 30-60 for a group lesson and 60 or more for an individual lesson. And you will take lessons (at least group) every day if you want to beat anyone and indivudual everyday if you want to do fencing in high level competitions (Div I, state, and national). For international... I don't even want to think about it...

The uniform itself can cost a lot. A quick run through:

Shoes: 50-150

Socks: 10-80 (depending on how many you get)

Knickers/pants: 50-300

Jacket: 50-400 (I know, a bit ridiculous)

Underarm protector: 40-60

Chest protector (a must for girls, optional for guys): 30-50

Glove: 20-40

Mask: 100-400 (up to 500 for sabreists)

Body Cord (two minimum): 30 each

Weapon (you will need two at least but only one type of weapon): 75-250 (foil), 118-255 (epee), 83-174 (sabre) (this is per weapon)

Not to mention that you'll need to maintain your stuff and will ALWAYS have anywhere from 50-300 dollars worth of tools and replacement parts.

Also, blades break fairly often so you'll replace an average of 2 per year regardless of weapon. That's another 70-300 for foil, 110-400 for epee, and 60-200 for sabre.

And you'll need to refresh between 20-150 worth of replacement parts.

The total for each is:

Epee: 826-2295(start) 130-550(maintain)

Foil: 740-2340(start) 90-450(maintain)

Sabre: 756-2188(start) 80-350(maintain)

I purposely underestimated the maintanence for each weapon because it does vary quite a bit.

Answer 11

Hockey, be it ice or roller.  For youth, I'll quote you some prices for roller hockey.

Skates: $100-300

Helmet w/ cage: $80-100

Shoulder pads:  $40-100

Elbow pads:  $25-70

Gloves: $25-50

Girdle/Hip pads: $35-85

Cup/ Jocks shorts (males): $6-50

Shin guards:  $30-100

Stick Shaft: $30-100

Stick Blade: $20-50

Replacement Skate Wheels: $6-15

Replacement Skate Bearings: $20-30

Wheel/Bearing Maintenance: $15

Entry cost if you buy all this equipment new, which is required for safety purposes, is roughly between $400-600.  And this is just for youth roller hockey.  Ice hockey can be far more expensive. There are also entry fees for leagues and tournaments, hockey bags for all the equiptment and stick bags, which of course aren't required but most people use them.

Sticks break, kids out grow skates and equipment, so really, this cost could be incurred multiple times if a child chooses to stick with it on into say high school or adulthood.  

And if they choose to be a goalie, the costs skyrocket. A whole separate set of padding is required.

Answer 12

I don't know if it is THE most expensive, but cheerleading is definitely a wallet cruncher. Here's the list of our supplies and how much it costs:

Activity Fee: $50

Gymnastics Classes: $70

Uniform: $60 (Shell - $40 Skirt - $20)

Poms: $22

Shoes: $44

Briefs: $8

Hairbow: $4

Bodysuit: $16

Bag: $30

Water Bottle: $13

Warmups: $80 (Jacket - $55 Pants - $25)

Shorts: $8

Camp Shirt: $15

Camp Fee: $75

Bus Fee: $85

Competition Fee: $35 p/ comp (we do 4 competitions)

That's a total of $650 for one season. Not to mention buying shirts at competitions, snacks/lunches, etc... Hope this helps! Cheers!

Answer 13

Snow sports.  Skiing/snowboarding.  Lift tickets alone average $80-100/day.  Then you have to rent or buy equipment, either way is expensive, then you must have warm clothes.  Not cheap.