Parker,
It's a bit brave to compare the funding of CESA and Texans in the same sentence I must say. They have over 2000 kids playing select soccer and huge corporate sponsors to do so.
You think it's "what you see is what you get" and it's just natural for all of us that have been around youth soccer for some time now to doubt that parents will only have to pay 100$ plus. I sure hope you are right for the sake of those parents that got really excited about the idea of going to Las Vegas Showcase or Eclipse for 100$ registration fee, 70$ tournament entry fee and travel costs.