Published on Saturday, February 06, 2010
By MICHAEL BRINDLEY
Before they can take the field or skate out on the rink, many New Hampshire student- athletes and their families are being asked to shell out a fee to help cover the cost of school district sports.
Commonly referred to as pay-to-play, roughly one-third of high schools across the state have implemented some type of fee for students who choose to play sports, especially those with a higher per-player cost, said Patrick Corbin, director of the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association.
According to a survey of 92 NHIAA member schools in the fall of 2008, 32 were charging students to play sports, Corbin said. The sport that students were most frequently charging to play was ice hockey, which is typically the most expensive sport for a school to run. Of the 32 schools using pay-to-play, 20 were charging a fee for ice hockey, Corbin said
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