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 Originally Posted by KidLazy 
Back to the main topic, golf & tennis are not that cheap but why so many participants?
Because parents dream that their offspring will make it big in the pro world (hence a potential ROI)
The same is true for (ice) hockey here, which is prohibitively more expensive than fencing.
(i.e. a father of five once told me that he spends more to have one son play REC-league hockey than to have his three other sons fence competitively) Grammar: it's the difference between knowing your sh*t, and knowing you're sh*t!
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Originally Posted by PretAllez (i.e. a father of five once told me that he spends more to have one son play REC-league hockey than to have his three other sons fence competitively) How does he pay for it all? Did he sell off the 5th kid?
R- "Some people are born great fencers, some people achieve fencing greatness, and some people have it thrust upon them."
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Originally Posted by PretAllez Because parents dream that their offspring will make it big in the pro world (hence a potential ROI) What about those millions adults who spent billions on golf every year? They know they will never become pro, yet, still paying and playing that boring game.
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It's still more exciting than epee. Use the Shift key, people! Keyboard manufacturers everywhere are ineffably saddened when you ignore what they made just for you!
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Originally Posted by piste off How does he pay for it all? Did he sell off the 5th kid?
R- Lol, I don't know...
His 5th is a girl, and I believe she is involved in high school sports, but you have to remember that fencing (at least in Ottawa) is significantly cheaper than in the US.
(i.e. $900/full year for a competitive membership, fencing 3 times a week including 1 individual lesson /2 weeks. Private lessons run at about $30/30 minutes. Even provincially-sanctioned tournament fees are only about $30/event if you register early). It really only starts to get expensive when you factor in travel/accommodations to nationals, NACs etc., which in my mind is probably the same for any competitor at that level.
Honestly, it's a steal when you factor in the very high level of coaching (national), and to be frank, the cost/benefit ratio was one reason why we supported our son's choice (besides all the social/academic/fitness reasons)
In comparison, you can't even buy a decent set of hockey equipment for $900. Grammar: it's the difference between knowing your sh*t, and knowing you're sh*t!
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Originally Posted by PretAllez but you have to remember that fencing (at least in Ottawa) is significantly cheaper than in the US. Shhhh.... You realize this would give the vast majority of f-netters another opportunity to call us "socialists". Beer, it's whats for dinner! ~ a young snowboarding Canadian
The meek don't want it! ~ sticker on a rock band's guitar
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Originally Posted by PretAllez Lol, I don't know...
His 5th is a girl... That explains it, then...girls are like Hondas....the hold their resale value well....boys are like Yugos.
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