Pay to participate in online leagues ?

kencoda · 10-11-2012, 04:06 PM

In one of the leagues I am in, we (owners) are being asked to pay $10.00 each to help cover web hosting expenses for the league. Is this common practice ? I have been in tons of leagues over the last 10 years and have not found this to be the case but wanted to get a sense of whats happening in the OOTP online league community.

JWay · 10-11-2012, 04:10 PM

It's not uncommon, but typically I've seen call for donations. They can get spendy.

statfreak · 10-11-2012, 04:12 PM

I've been in online leagues all the way back to OOTP 4 and not once have I've been asked or solicited to pay anything.

ukhotstove · 10-11-2012, 04:13 PM

Been playing in online leagues for 8 years and never been asked to pay to play, however I have been in leagues were there's been a donate button if GM's wanted to help with costs but an actual commish asking me to pay not come across that one.

hayesb26 · 10-12-2012, 11:28 AM

never been forced to pay.. but happily have paid $10 towards the hosting costs on a couple of occasions in my favorite league

BIG17EASY · 10-12-2012, 11:37 AM

A one-time $10 payment doesn't seem like a lot to ask, at least to me. If it was yearly, I'd wonder about it. You can host a pretty good website for less than $50 a year, especially with all the discounts GoDaddy offers.

Bluenoser · 10-12-2012, 12:18 PM

Getting a web site has never been expensive. It's all the bandwidth used when uploading/downloading files that costs $$$.

I've been in leagues where the donate button was always present, and I donated every year because of the costs above and beyond the web site.

MikeyB · 10-12-2012, 12:21 PM

With AllSimBaseball the hosting costs are only about $85 per year. But if your league also runs vBulletin, that adds an additional $250 cost to the league.

More than anything else, it's the time involved for Commish's. I don't find the costs that big of a deal, my time is MUCH more valuable!

10-11-2012, 04:06 PM	#1
kencoda Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10	Pay to participate in online leagues ? In one of the leagues I am in, we (owners) are being asked to pay $10.00 each to help cover web hosting expenses for the league. Is this common practice ? I have been in tons of leagues over the last 10 years and have not found this to be the case but wanted to get a sense of whats happening in the OOTP online league community. __________________ OOTP Championships : 20CC - Boston Red Sox -1920, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934 AHIBA - Atlanta Braves - 1999, 2000, 2005 AHIBA 3 - Thunder Bay Bombers - 2013 BOY - New York Giants - 1954 CDL - Chicago White Sox - 2025 eMLB - Detroit Tigers - 1998 NABL - Thunder Bay Bombers 2033 RDBL - Cincinnati Reds - 2030 SHOW - Texas Rangers - 2014 Last edited by kencoda; 10-11-2012 at 04:20 PM.

10-11-2012, 04:12 PM	#3
statfreak Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 2,434	I've been in online leagues all the way back to OOTP 4 and not once have I've been asked or solicited to pay anything. __________________ Roll out the barrel!

10-11-2012, 04:13 PM	#4
ukhotstove Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North of England Gods Country Posts: 7,175	Been playing in online leagues for 8 years and never been asked to pay to play, however I have been in leagues were there's been a donate button if GM's wanted to help with costs but an actual commish asking me to pay not come across that one. __________________ Detroit Diesel Dynasty San Antonio Calzones of Laredo Dynasty

10-12-2012, 12:21 PM	#8
MikeyB Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 118	With AllSimBaseball the hosting costs are only about $85 per year. But if your league also runs vBulletin, that adds an additional $250 cost to the league. More than anything else, it's the time involved for Commish's. I don't find the costs that big of a deal, my time is MUCH more valuable! __________________ BML Commish www.ootp-bml.com

10-11-2012, 04:10 PM	#2
JWay Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 5,031	It's not uncommon, but typically I've seen call for donations. They can get spendy.

10-12-2012, 11:28 AM	#5
hayesb26 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 267	never been forced to pay.. but happily have paid $10 towards the hosting costs on a couple of occasions in my favorite league

10-12-2012, 11:37 AM	#6
BIG17EASY Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,291	A one-time $10 payment doesn't seem like a lot to ask, at least to me. If it was yearly, I'd wonder about it. You can host a pretty good website for less than $50 a year, especially with all the discounts GoDaddy offers.

10-12-2012, 12:18 PM	#7
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,544	Getting a web site has never been expensive. It's all the bandwidth used when uploading/downloading files that costs $$$. I've been in leagues where the donate button was always present, and I donated every year because of the costs above and beyond the web site.