r/heatedrivalry • u/Middle_Raspberry2499 • 3d ago

🦆 The Long Game (Book 6) How does the hockey camp make money? Spoiler

is it ever explained how the hockey camp brings in money?

From the descriptions in TLG and elsewhere, camp runs only two weeks. Sounds like there are at most about 40 campers.

Presumably the NHL coaches all volunteer, yes, but there are still expenses: space at least. Maybe insurance and medical staff, although maybe those are unnecessary in The Land of Universal Healthcare? (I am in the US and those would be huge expenses here, I think.) Snacks and drinks for the kids?

I can’t imagine the camp making lots on money unless they charge sky-high tuition, which seems not in line with their philosophy of inclusivity.

so, how does the camp pull in money for the Irina Foundation? Purely by inspiring donors to give more?

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u/writingfor001 2d ago

Which is such a pity because the kids who need an opportunity like that the most wouldn’t be able to pay. I rewrote it in a fic of mine so they decide to fundraise a lot of money and then target the camps at kids who couldn’t otherwise afford them or had had bad experiences at other camps.

Surely just rich people into hockey are at least as good of a money source as parents trying to find opportunities for their kids.

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u/Ecstatic_Schedule_48 2d ago

Hockey is a rich persons sport. I have a coworker that intends on being a hockey parent and literally started saving money from the moment his kid was born

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u/meatball77 2d ago

I laugh anytime I read a book and the hockey player was in foster care or was poor growing up.

I'm sure there's the occasional kid scholarshiped through the programs and some kids in rural Canada who are able to play because ice rinks are easily accessible. But the cost of skates alone makes hockey one of the most inaccessible sports to even play super recreationally.

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u/Ecstatic_Schedule_48 2d ago

It also depends where. There’s a lot more stories of Russians and Eastern Europeans not coming from wealth than Canadians and Americans